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Themes in Jeremiah 20

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Themes in Jeremiah 20

Jeremiah 20:1 (show verse)

And Pashur the priest, the son of Immer, who presided as prince in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah who prophesied these things.

Immer » Father of pashur
Jeremiah » The prophet » Pashur, the governor of the temple, scourges and casts him into prison
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:2 (show verse)

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the gate of Benjamin on the high place, which is in the house of the LORD.

Benjamin » Gate » Jerusalem gate
Gates » Punishment of criminals outside of
Gates » Of cities » Criminals punished at
Gates » Of jerusalem » High gate of benjamin
Gates » Jails made in the towers of
Immer » Father of pashur
Jeremiah » The prophet » Pashur, the governor of the temple, scourges and casts him into prison
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah
Punishments » Secondary kinds of » Confinement » Stocks
Stocks » In prisons

Jeremiah 20:3 (show verse)

And it came to pass on the morrow that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said unto him: The LORD has not called thy name Pashur, , but Magormissabib.

physical Bondage » In prison » In stocks
Jeremiah » The prophet » Pashur, the governor of the temple, scourges and casts him into prison
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

For thus hath the LORD said, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself and to all those that love thee well; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it; and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall smite them with the sword.

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Captivity of the jews by
Captivity » Of judah in babylon, prophecy of
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:5 (show verse)

Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city and all its labours and all its precious things and all the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, who shall spoil them and take them and carry them to Babylon.

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Captivity of the jews by
Cities » Were frequently » Pillaged
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Jerusalem » Prophecies respecting » To be taken by king of babylon
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:6 (show verse)

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity; and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die and shalt be buried there, thou and all those who love thee well, unto whom thou hast prophesied with lies.

Babylon » Predictions respecting » Captivity of the jews by
Jeremiah » The prophet » Denounces pashur
Magor-missabib » A symbolical name given by jeremiah to pashur
Pashur » Son of immer and governor of the temple » Beats and imprisons jeremiah
Prophets » FALSE » Punishment of

Jeremiah 20:7 (show verse)

O LORD, thou hast seduced me, and I was seduced; thou wert stronger than I and hast overcome me; I am in derision daily; every one mocks me.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faithfulness in declaring the word of God

Jeremiah 20:8 (show verse)

For since I spoke out, I raised my voice crying, Violence and destruction; because the word of the LORD has been a reproach unto me and a derision, daily.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Message despised » Of the word of God
Rejection » Of Christ » Of the word of God
Scorning and mocking » Saints endure, on account of » Their faithfulness in declaring the word of God
Word » As weapon » Despised

Jeremiah 20:9 (show verse)

And I said, I will not make mention of him, nor speak any more in his name. But he was in my heart as a burning fire and within my bones; I tried to forbear, and I could not.

Duty » Pressure of » It burns like an inward fire
Fire » Figurative » Spiritual power
Fire » Inward » Makes the message inevitable
Heart » Renewed » Graciously affected of God
Heart » Renewed » Zeal
character of the renewed Heart » Zealous
The Heart » God » Influences
Inspiration » Examples of » Jeremiah
Inward fire » Makes the message inevitable
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Power » Of testimony » Bursts forth from an inward fire
Pressure of duty » It burns like an inward fire
Prophets » Examples of » Jeremiah
religious Testimony » Withheld special marks of true » Bursts forth from an inward fire

Jeremiah 20:10 (show verse)

For I heard the murmuring of many, fear on every side, Report, and we will report it. All my friends watched to see if I would stumble. Peradventure he will deceive himself, they said, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Revenge » The wicked are earnest after
Slander » Includes » Defaming

Jeremiah 20:11 (show verse)

But the LORD is with me as a powerful giant; therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper; they shall have everlasting confusion which shall never be forgotten.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Power » Of God » Have confidence in
God, Power of » Saints » Have confidence in
The wicked » Confounded

Jeremiah 20:12 (show verse)

O LORD of the hosts, who examines that which is just, who seest the kidneys and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them; for unto thee I have opened my cause.

Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Heart » The whole » Read by Christ
Heart » Renewed » Tested
The Heart » God » Knows
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Knowledge » Divine Knowledge » The secrets of the heart read by Christ
Knowledge » God's » The secrets of the heart read by Christ

Jeremiah 20:13 (show verse)

Sing unto the LORD, praise ye the LORD; for he has delivered the soul of the poor from the hand of evildoers.

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
the Needy » Divine care for
The poor » Divine care for

Jeremiah 20:14 (show verse)

Cursed be the day in which I was born; do not let the day in which my mother bore me be blessed.

Birthday » Cursed
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Instances of » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:15 (show verse)

Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.

Children » Blessing
Children » Male » Birth of, announced to the father by a messenger
Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Instances of » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:16 (show verse)

And let that man be as the cities which the LORD overthrew and did not repent; and let him hear the cry in the morning and the shouting at noontide

Jeremiah » The prophet » His melancholy and complaints against God, in consequence of persecution
Life » Sacredness of, an inference from what is taught in the law concerning murder » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Instances of » Jeremiah
Murmuring » Exemplified » Jeremiah

Jeremiah 20:17 (show verse)

because he did not slay me in the womb, and my mother would have been my grave, and her womb perpetual conception.

Jeremiah 20:18 (show verse)

Why did I come forth out of the womb? To see labour and sorrow that my days should be consumed with shame?