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

For I hear [the] rumor of many, "Terror on every side!" When conspiring together against me, they have plotted to take my life.

My soul [is] among lions. I lie down [among those who] devour-- the children of humankind whose teeth [are] spears and arrows and whose tongues [are] sharp swords.

Hide me from [the] secret plots of evildoers, from [the] unrest of [those who] do iniquity,

Now the chief priests and the whole Sanhedrin were looking for false testimony against Jesus in order that they could put him to death.

Fear

{And then} on the next day, when Pashhur brought Jeremiah out from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, "Yahweh will not call your name Pashhur, {but} Terror From All Around.

Report

Then they said, "Come and let us plan plans against Jeremiah, for instruction will not be lost from [the] priest, nor advice from [the] wise man, nor [the] word from [the] prophet. Come and {let us bring charges against him}, and let us not listen attentively to any of his words."

In it was written, "It has been reported among the nations, and Gashmu also is saying it, that you and the Jews are considering rebellion. Therefore, truly you are building the wall and you are becoming their king, according to these words.

He who conceals hatred [has] lips of deceit, and he who utters slander--he is a fool.

those who mislead a person into sin with a word and set a trap for the {arbitrator} in the gate and guide away [the] righteous by emptiness.

Slanderous men are {among you} to shed blood, and they, {among you}, eat upon the mountains; they do wickedness in the midst of you.

And they watched [him] closely [and] sent spies who pretended they were upright, in order that they could catch him in a statement, so that they could hand him over to the authority and the jurisdiction of the governor.

Then they secretly instigated men who said, "We have heard him speaking blasphemous words against Moses and God!"

And after five days the high priest Ananias came down with some elders and an attorney, a certain Tertullus, all of whom brought charges against Paul to the governor.

All my familiars

All {my intimate friends} abhor me, and these [whom] I have loved have turned against me.

Even {my close friend}, whom I trusted, [who] ate my bread, has lifted [his] heel against me.

But [it is] you, a man my equal, my friend and confidant.

And [when] he departed from there, the scribes and the Pharisees began to be terribly hostile, and to question him closely about many [things],

For from now on there will be five in one household, divided three against two and two against three.

We shall

Then Jezebel sent a messenger to Elijah, saying, "Thus may the gods do [to me], and may they add [to it], surely at this time tomorrow I will make your life as the life of one of them!"

Then Ahab said to Elijah, "Have you found me, my enemy?" He said, "I have found you because you have sold yourself to do evil in the eyes of Yahweh.

Then the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, "[There is] still one man to inquire from Yahweh, but I despise him, for he never prophesies [anything] good concerning me, but only bad: Micaiah the son of Imlah." Then Jehoshaphat said, "The king should not say so."

So Herodias held a grudge against him and was wanting to kill him, and was not able [to do so].

Now [when] they heard [this], they were infuriated, and were wanting to execute them.

Now [when they] heard these [things], they were infuriated in their hearts and gnashed [their] teeth at him.

And [when it] was day, the Jews made a conspiracy [and] bound themselves under a curse, saying [they would] neither eat nor drink until they had killed Paul.

General references

When my troubled thoughts were many {within me}, your consolations cheered my soul.

And the enemies of a man [will be] the members of his household.

And they were watching him closely [to see] if he would heal him on the Sabbath, in order that they could accuse him.