Jeremiah 20:10

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Summary

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

I heard

Fear

Jeremiah 20:3

Report

All my familiars

Luke 12:52

We shall

Acts 23:12

General references

Psalm 94:19

Matthew 10:36

Mark 3:2

Bible References

I heard

I have heard the gossip of many;
terror is on every side.
When they conspired against me,
they plotted to take my life.

I am surrounded by lions;
I lie down with those who devour men.
Their teeth are spears and arrows;
their tongues are sharp swords.

Hide me from the scheming of wicked people,
from the mob of evildoers,

The chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus so they could put Him to death.

Fear

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib,

Report

Then certain ones said, “Come, let’s make plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will never be lost from the priest, or counsel from the wise, or an oracle from the prophet. Come, let’s denounce him and pay no attention to all his words.”

In it was written:

It is reported among the nations—and Geshem

agrees—that you and the Jews plan to rebel. This is the reason you are building the wall. According to these reports, you are to become their king

The one who conceals hatred has lying lips,
and whoever spreads slander is a fool.

those who, with their speech,
accuse a person of wrongdoing,
who set a trap at the gate for the mediator,
and without cause deprive the righteous of justice.

There are men within you who slander in order to shed blood. People who live in you eat at the mountain shrines; they commit immoral acts within you.

They

watched closely and sent spies who pretended to be righteous, so they could catch Him in what He said,

to hand Him over to the governor’s rule and authority.

Then they persuaded some men to say, “We heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!”

After five days Ananias the high priest came down with some elders and a lawyer named Tertullus. These men presented their case against Paul to the governor.

All my familiars

All of my best friends despise me,
and those I love have turned against me.

Even my friend in whom I trusted,
one who ate my bread,
has raised his heel against me.

But it is you, a man who is my peer,
my companion and good friend!

When He left there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to oppose Him fiercely and to cross-examine Him about many things;

From now on, five in one household will be divided: three against two, and two against three.

We shall

So Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, “May the gods punish me and do so severely if I don’t make your life like the life of one of them by this time tomorrow!”

Ahab said to Elijah, “So, you have caught me, my enemy.”

He replied, “I have caught you because you devoted yourself to do what is evil in the Lord’s sight.

The king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, “There is still one man who can ask Yahweh, but I hate him because he never prophesies good about me, but only disaster. He is Micaiah son of Imlah.”

“The king shouldn’t say that!” Jehoshaphat replied.

So Herodias held a grudge against him and wanted to kill him. But she could not,

When they heard this, they were enraged and wanted to kill them.

When they heard these things, they were enraged in their hearts and gnashed their teeth at him.

When it was day, the Jews formed a conspiracy and bound themselves under a curse: neither to eat nor to drink until they had killed Paul.

General references

When I am filled with cares,
Your comfort brings me joy.

and a man’s enemies will be
the members of his household.

In order to accuse Him, they were watching Him closely to see whether He would heal him on the Sabbath.