Jeremiah Beaten by Pashhur

20 Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer(A) and chief official in the temple of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the Lord’s temple. The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib,[a]

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 20:3 = Terror Is on Every Side; Jr 6:25; 20:10; 46:5

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