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Themes in Jeremiah 20

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Themes in Jeremiah 20

Jeremiah 20:1 (show verse)

Now Pashhur, the son of Immer, the priest [who was] officer in charge in the temple of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying 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 Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that [were] in the upper Gate of Benjamin, which [was] by the temple of Yahweh.

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 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.

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 says Yahweh, 'Look, I [am] making you a terror to yourself and to all your friends, and they will fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes [will be] seeing [it]. And all Judah I will give into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he will deport them [to] Babylon, and he will strike 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)

And I will give all the wealth of this city, and all its acquisitions, and all its precious items, and all of the treasures of the kings of Judah I will give into the hand of their enemies, and they will plunder them, and they will seize them, and they will bring 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 you, Pashhur, and all [those who] live [in] your house will go into captivity, and you will go [to] Babylon, and there you will die, and there you will be buried, you, and all your friends to whom you have prophesied {falsely}.'"

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)

You have persuaded me, Yahweh, and I was persuaded. You have overpowered me, and you have prevailed. I have become a laughingstock all day [long]. {Everyone} [is] mocking 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 {as often as} I speak, I must cry out violence and destruction. I must shout, for the word of Yahweh has become for me a disgrace and derision all day [long].

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)

But [if] I say, "I will not mention him and I will no longer speak in his name," then it becomes in my heart like a fire burning, locked up in my bones, and I struggle to contain [it], and I am not able.

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 hear the rumor of many, "Terror [is] from all around, denounce [him], yes, let us denounce him!" {All my close friends} [are] watchers of my stumbling, [saying], "perhaps he can be persuaded, and we can prevail over him, and we can 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 Yahweh [is] with me like a powerful warrior. {Therefore} my persecutors will stumble and will not prevail. They will be very ashamed, for they will not achieve success. [Their] {everlasting insult} will not 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)

Yet, Yahweh of hosts, who tests [the] righteous, who sees [the] {heart} and [the] {mind}, let me see your retribution upon them, for to you I have revealed my legal case.

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 to Yahweh, praise Yahweh, for he has delivered [the] life 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 [on] which I was born, let not the day [on] which my mother gave birth to 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 the news [to] my father, {saying}, "A child is born to you, a son!" and he made 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 like the cities that Yahweh demolished without regret, and let him hear a cry for help in the morning, and an alarm at the time of noon.

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 kill me in [the] womb, so that my mother would have been for me my grave, and [her] womb [would be] pregnant forever.

Jeremiah 20:18 (show verse)

{Why} did I come out from [the] womb, to see toil, and sorrow, and [to] {end my days in shame}?