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class="padleft"><div class="vheadingv"><b>Verse</b><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/20.htm" class="clickchap" style="color:#001320" title="Click any translation name for full chapter">  (Click for Chapter)</a></div><div id="par"><span class="versiontext"><a href="/niv/jeremiah/20.htm">New International Version</a></span><br />he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin at the LORD&#8217s temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/20.htm">New Living Translation</a></span><br />So he arrested Jeremiah the prophet and had him whipped and put in stocks at the Benjamin Gate of the LORD’s Temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/esv/jeremiah/20.htm">English Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/20.htm">Berean Standard Bible</a></span><br />he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/20.htm">King James Bible</a></span><br />Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that <i>were</i> in the high gate of Benjamin, which <i>was</i> by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nkjv/jeremiah/20.htm">New King James Version</a></span><br />Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that <i>were</i> in the high gate of Benjamin, which <i>was</i> by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb_/jeremiah/20.htm">New American Standard Bible</a></span><br />Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/20.htm">NASB 1995</a></span><br />Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nasb77/jeremiah/20.htm">NASB 1977 </a></span><br />Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten, and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsb/jeremiah/20.htm">Legacy Standard Bible </a></span><br />and Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet struck and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate, which was by the house of Yahweh.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/amp/jeremiah/20.htm">Amplified Bible</a></span><br />Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/csb/jeremiah/20.htm">Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Pashhur had the prophet Jeremiah beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the LORD’s temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hcsb/jeremiah/20.htm">Holman Christian Standard Bible</a></span><br />So Pashhur had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put him in the stocks at the Upper Benjamin Gate in the LORD&#8217s temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/asv/jeremiah/20.htm">American Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cev/jeremiah/20.htm">Contemporary English Version</a></span><br />and so he hit me. Then he had me arrested and put in chains at the Benjamin Gate in the LORD's temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/erv/jeremiah/20.htm">English Revised Version</a></span><br />Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gwt/jeremiah/20.htm">GOD'S WORD® Translation</a></span><br />Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah and put him in prison at Upper Benjamin Gate that was in the LORD's temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/gnt/jeremiah/20.htm">Good News Translation</a></span><br />he had me beaten and placed in chains near the upper Benjamin Gate in the Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/isv/jeremiah/20.htm">International Standard Version</a></span><br />Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were at the upper Benjamin Gate of the Temple. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/msb/jeremiah/20.htm">Majority Standard Bible</a></span><br />he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/net/jeremiah/20.htm">NET Bible</a></span><br />When he heard Jeremiah's prophecy, he had the prophet flogged. Then he put him in the stocks which were at the Upper Gate of Benjamin in the LORD's temple.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nheb/jeremiah/20.htm">New Heart English Bible</a></span><br />Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/wbt/jeremiah/20.htm">Webster's Bible Translation</a></span><br />Then Pashur struck Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/web/jeremiah/20.htm">World English Bible</a></span><br />Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in Yahweh’s house. <div class="vheading2"><b>Literal Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lsv/jeremiah/20.htm">Literal Standard Version</a></span><br />and Pashhur strikes Jeremiah the prophet, and puts him in the stocks that [are] by the Upper Gate of Benjamin, that [is] by the house of YHWH.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/ylt/jeremiah/20.htm">Young's Literal Translation</a></span><br /> and Pashhur smiteth Jeremiah the prophet, and putteth him unto the stocks, that are by the high gate of Benjamin, that is by the house of Jehovah.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/slt/jeremiah/20.htm">Smith's Literal Translation</a></span><br />And Pashur will strike Jeremiah the prophet and give him upon the stocks which were in the gate of Benjamin the highest, which were in the house of Jehovah.<div class="vheading2"><b>Catholic Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/drb/jeremiah/20.htm">Douay-Rheims Bible</a></span><br />And Phassur struck Jeremias the prophet, and put him in the stocks, that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, in the house of the Lord. <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/cpdv/jeremiah/20.htm">Catholic Public Domain Version</a></span><br />And Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah, and he sent him to the stocks, which were at the upper gate of Benjamin at the house of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nabre/jeremiah/20.htm">New American Bible</a></span><br />So he struck the prophet and put him in the stocks at the upper Gate of Benjamin in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/nrsvce/jeremiah/20.htm">New Revised Standard Version</a></span><br />Then Pashhur struck the prophet Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the LORD.<div class="vheading2"><b>Translations from Aramaic</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/lamsa/jeremiah/20.htm">Lamsa Bible</a></span><br />Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/hpbt/jeremiah/20.htm">Peshitta Holy Bible Translated</a></span><br />And Pashkhur struck Jeremiah the Prophet and threw him into the outer wall building that was at the gate of the upper house of Benjamin that is in the house of LORD JEHOVAH<div class="vheading2"><b>OT Translations</b></div><span class="versiontext"><a href="/jps/jeremiah/20.htm">JPS Tanakh 1917</a></span><br />Then Pashhur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was in the house of the LORD.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/sep/jeremiah/20.htm">Brenton Septuagint Translation</a></span><br />And he smote him, and cast him into the dungeon which was by the gate of the upper house that was set apart, which was by the house of the Lord.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/parallel/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Additional Translations ...</a></span></div></div></div><div id="centbox"><div class="padcent"><a name="audio" id="audio"></a><div class="vheadingv"><b>Audio Bible</b></div><iframe width="100%" src="https://www.youtube.com/embed/5k55c51ZGhs?start=5802" title="YouTube video player" frameborder="0" allow="accelerometer; autoplay; clipboard-write; encrypted-media; gyroscope; picture-in-picture; web-share" allowfullscreen></iframe><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><div class="vheadingv"><b>Context</b></div><span class="hdg"><a href="/bsb/jeremiah/20.htm">Pashhur Persecutes Jeremiah</a></span><br><span class="reftext">1</span>When Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer and the chief official in the house of the LORD, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things, <span class="reftext">2</span><span class="highl"><a href="/hebrew/6583.htm" title="6583: p̄aš·ḥūr (N-proper-ms) -- Five Isr. Probably from pashach; liberation; Pashchur, the name of four Israelites.">he</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’êṯ (DirObjM) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/3414.htm" title="3414: yir·mə·yā·hū (N-proper-ms) -- Or Yirmyahuw; from ruwm and Yahh; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites.">had Jeremiah</a> <a href="/hebrew/5030.htm" title="5030: han·nā·ḇî (Art:: N-ms) -- A spokesman, speaker, prophet. From naba'; a prophet or inspired man.">the prophet</a> <a href="/hebrew/5221.htm" title="5221: way·yak·keh (Conj-w:: V-Hifil-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To smite. A primitive root; to strike.">beaten</a> <a href="/hebrew/5414.htm" title="5414: way·yit·tên (Conj-w:: V-Qal-ConsecImperf-3ms) -- To give, put, set. A primitive root; to give, used with greatest latitude of application.">and put</a> <a href="/hebrew/853.htm" title="853: ’ō·ṯōw (DirObjM:: 3ms) -- Apparent contracted from 'owth in the demonstrative sense of entity; properly, self."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5921.htm" title="5921: ‘al- (Prep) -- Properly, the same as al used as a preposition; above, over, upon, or against in a great variety of applications.">in</a> <a href="/hebrew/4115.htm" title="4115: ham·mah·pe·ḵeṯ (Art:: N-fs) -- Stocks (instrument of punishment). From haphak; a wrench, i.e. The stocks.">the stocks</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc."></a> <a href="/hebrew/5945.htm" title="5945: hā·‘el·yō·wn (Art:: Adj-ms) -- An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme. From alah; an elevation, i.e. Lofty; as title, the Supreme.">at the Upper</a> <a href="/hebrew/8179.htm" title="8179: bə·ša·‘ar (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A gate. From sha'ar in its original sense; an opening, i.e. Door or gate.">Gate</a> <a href="/hebrew/1144.htm" title="1144: bin·yā·min (N-proper-ms) -- From ben and yamiyn; son of right hand; Binjamin, youngest son of Jacob; also the tribe descended from him, and its territory.">of Benjamin,</a> <a href="/hebrew/834.htm" title="834: ’ă·šer (Pro-r) -- Who, which, that. A primitive relative pronoun; who, which, what, that; also when, where, how, because, in order that, etc.">which was</a> <a href="/hebrew/1004.htm" title="1004: bə·ḇêṯ (Prep-b:: N-msc) -- A house. Probably from banah abbreviated; a house.">by the house</a> <a href="/hebrew/3068.htm" title="3068: Yah·weh (N-proper-ms) -- The proper name of the God of Israel. From hayah; self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God.">of the LORD.</a> </span><span class="reftext">3</span>The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.…<div class="cred"><a href="//berean.bible">Berean Standard Bible</a> · <a href="//berean.bible/downloads.htm">Download</a></div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="crossref" id="crossref"></a><div class="vheading">Cross References</div><div id="crf"><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/5-40.htm">Acts 5:40</a></span><br />At this, they yielded to Gamaliel. They called the apostles in and had them flogged. Then they ordered them not to speak in the name of Jesus, and released them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/16-22.htm">Acts 16:22-24</a></span><br />The crowd joined in the attack against Paul and Silas, and the magistrates ordered that they be stripped and beaten with rods. / And after striking them with many blows, they threw them into prison and ordered the jailer to guard them securely. / On receiving this order, he placed them in the inner cell and fastened their feet in the stocks.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/10-17.htm">Matthew 10:17</a></span><br />But beware of men, for they will hand you over to their councils and flog you in their synagogues.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24-25</a></span><br />Five times I received from the Jews the forty lashes minus one. / Three times I was beaten with rods, once I was stoned, three times I was shipwrecked. I spent a night and a day in the open sea.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/john/19-1.htm">John 19:1</a></span><br />Then Pilate took Jesus and had Him flogged.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/mark/13-9.htm">Mark 13:9</a></span><br />So be on your guard. You will be delivered over to the councils and beaten in the synagogues. On My account you will stand before governors and kings as witnesses to them.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/luke/21-12.htm">Luke 21:12</a></span><br />But before all this, they will seize you and persecute you. On account of My name they will deliver you to the synagogues and prisons, and they will bring you before kings and governors.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/hebrews/11-36.htm">Hebrews 11:36</a></span><br />Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/matthew/23-34.htm">Matthew 23:34</a></span><br />Because of this, I am sending you prophets and wise men and teachers. Some of them you will kill and crucify, and others you will flog in your synagogues and persecute from town to town.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/4-3.htm">Acts 4:3</a></span><br />They seized Peter and John, and because it was evening, they put them in custody until the next day.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/12-1.htm">Acts 12:1-4</a></span><br />About that time, King Herod reached out to harm some who belonged to the church. / He had James, the brother of John, put to death with the sword. / And seeing that this pleased the Jews, Herod proceeded to seize Peter during the Feast of Unleavened Bread. ...<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/1_peter/4-14.htm">1 Peter 4:14-16</a></span><br />If you are insulted for the name of Christ, you are blessed, because the Spirit of glory and of God rests on you. / Indeed, none of you should suffer as a murderer or thief or wrongdoer, or even as a meddler. / But if you suffer as a Christian, do not be ashamed, but glorify God that you bear that name.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/2_timothy/3-12.htm">2 Timothy 3:12</a></span><br />Indeed, all who desire to live godly lives in Christ Jesus will be persecuted,<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/22-19.htm">Acts 22:19</a></span><br />‘Lord,’ I answered, ‘they know very well that in one synagogue after another I imprisoned and beat those who believed in You.<span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="crossverse"><a href="/acts/26-11.htm">Acts 26:11</a></span><br />I frequently had them punished in the synagogues, and I tried to make them blaspheme. In my raging fury against them, I even went to foreign cities to persecute them.</div><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a name="tsk" id="tsk"><div class="vheading">Treasury of Scripture</div><p class="tsk2">Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.</p><p class="hdg">smote.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/1-19.htm">Jeremiah 1:19</a></b></br> And they shall fight against thee; but they shall not prevail against thee; for I <i>am</i> with thee, saith the LORD, to deliver thee.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/19-14.htm">Jeremiah 19:14,15</a></b></br> Then came Jeremiah from Tophet, whither the LORD had sent him to prophesy; and he stood in the court of the LORD'S house; and said to all the people, … </p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/26-8.htm">Jeremiah 26:8</a></b></br> Now it came to pass, when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking all that the LORD had commanded <i>him</i> to speak unto all the people, that the priests and the prophets and all the people took him, saying, Thou shalt surely die.</p><p class="hdg">the stocks.</p><p class="hdg">in the high.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/37-13.htm">Jeremiah 37:13</a></b></br> And when he was in the gate of Benjamin, a captain of the ward <i>was</i> there, whose name <i>was</i> Irijah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Hananiah; and he took Jeremiah the prophet, saying, Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans.</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/jeremiah/38-7.htm">Jeremiah 38:7</a></b></br> Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king's house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin;</p><p class="tskverse"><b><a href="/zechariah/14-10.htm">Zechariah 14:10</a></b></br> All the land shall be turned as a plain from Geba to Rimmon south of Jerusalem: and it shall be lifted up, and inhabited in her place, from Benjamin's gate unto the place of the first gate, unto the corner gate, and <i>from</i> the tower of Hananeel unto the king's winepresses.</p><div class="vheading">Jump to Previous</div><a href="/jeremiah/5-17.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/10-9.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-26.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/2-30.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/2_samuel/3-34.htm">Chained</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-19.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-22.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/ecclesiastes/10-18.htm">Framework</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-2.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-5.htm">High</a> <a href="/isaiah/55-9.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/19-14.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Pashhur</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Pashur</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-18.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/1-9.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/41-7.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/isaiah/60-10.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/jeremiah/3-9.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/18-21.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/isaiah/36-2.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/jeremiah/17-2.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jump to Next</div><a href="/jeremiah/31-19.htm">Beat</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Beaten</a> <a href="/jeremiah/32-8.htm">Benjamin</a> <a href="/jeremiah/37-15.htm">Blows</a> <a href="/mark/5-4.htm">Chained</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-38.htm">Doorway</a> <a href="/jeremiah/38-22.htm">Feet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-9.htm">Framework</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-10.htm">Gate</a> <a href="/jeremiah/25-30.htm">High</a> <a href="/jeremiah/36-10.htm">Higher</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-6.htm">House</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-3.htm">Jeremiah</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-3.htm">Lord's</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-3.htm">Pashhur</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-3.htm">Pashur</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Prophet</a> <a href="/jeremiah/43-12.htm">Putteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Smiteth</a> <a href="/jeremiah/31-19.htm">Smote</a> <a href="/jeremiah/20-3.htm">Stocks</a> <a href="/jeremiah/26-23.htm">Struck</a> <a href="/jeremiah/23-11.htm">Temple</a> <a href="/jeremiah/22-13.htm">Upper</a> <a href="/jeremiah/28-13.htm">Wood</a><div class="vheading2">Jeremiah 20</div><span class="reftext">1. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm">Pashur, smiting Jeremiah, receives a new name, and a fearful doom.</a></span><br><span class="reftext">7. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/20-7.htm">Jeremiah complains of contempt;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">10. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/20-10.htm">of treachery;</a></span><br><span class="reftext">14. </span><span class="outlinetext"><a href="/jeremiah/20-14.htm">and of his birth.</a></span><br></div></div><div id="mdd"><div align="center"><div class="bot2"><table align="center" width="100%"><tr><td><div align="center"> <script id="3d27ed63fc4348d5b062c4527ae09445"> (new Image()).src = 'https://capi.connatix.com/tr/si?token=51ce25d5-1a8c-424a-8695-4bd48c750f35&cid=3a9f82d0-4344-4f8d-ac0c-e1a0eb43a405'; 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Beating was a common punishment for those seen as troublemakers or false prophets. This act reflects the hostility Jeremiah faced from religious and political leaders who rejected his warnings. It highlights the suffering endured by prophets, prefiguring the suffering of Christ, who was also beaten and rejected.<p><b>and put in the stocks</b><br>Stocks were a form of public humiliation and torture, designed to inflict pain and shame. This punishment indicates the severity of the opposition Jeremiah faced. It symbolizes the rejection of God's message by the people and leaders of Judah. The use of stocks also foreshadows the suffering and humiliation Christ would endure, as He was mocked and scorned by those He came to save.<p><b>at the Upper Gate of Benjamin</b><br>The Upper Gate of Benjamin was a significant location in Jerusalem, likely situated on the northern side of the city, leading to the territory of Benjamin. Gates were central to city life, serving as places of judgment and public discourse. This location underscores the public nature of Jeremiah's punishment, intended to serve as a warning to others. It also connects to the tribe of Benjamin, which had historical significance in Israel's history, including being the tribe of King Saul.<p><b>which was by the house of the LORD</b><br>The proximity to the house of the LORD, or the temple, is significant. It highlights the irony and tragedy of Jeremiah's punishment occurring near the very place where God's presence was believed to dwell. This setting emphasizes the spiritual blindness of the leaders who, while serving in the temple, failed to recognize God's true messenger. It also prefigures the rejection of Jesus, who cleansed the temple and was ultimately crucified outside the city, near the place of worship.<div class="vheading2">Persons / Places / Events</div>1. <b><a href="/topical/j/jeremiah.htm">Jeremiah</a></b><br>A prophet called by God to deliver messages of judgment and hope to the people of Judah. Known for his perseverance in the face of persecution.<br><br>2. <b><a href="/topical/p/pashhur.htm">Pashhur</a></b><br>The priest and chief officer in the house of the LORD who opposed Jeremiah and ordered his punishment.<br><br>3. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_upper_gate_of_benjamin.htm">The Upper Gate of Benjamin</a></b><br>A significant location in Jerusalem, likely a place of public visibility, where Jeremiah was put in the stocks, symbolizing public humiliation.<br><br>4. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_house_of_the_lord.htm">The House of the LORD</a></b><br>Refers to the temple in Jerusalem, the central place of worship for the Israelites, highlighting the religious context of the conflict.<br><br>5. <b><a href="/topical/t/the_stocks.htm">The Stocks</a></b><br>A device used for punishment and humiliation, indicating the severity of the opposition Jeremiah faced.<div class="vheading2">Teaching Points</div><b><a href="/topical/p/perseverance_in_faith.htm">Perseverance in Faith</a></b><br>Jeremiah's experience teaches us the importance of standing firm in our faith, even when faced with opposition and humiliation.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_cost_of_discipleship.htm">The Cost of Discipleship</a></b><br>Following God's call may lead to suffering and persecution, but it is a part of the Christian journey that brings spiritual growth and deeper reliance on God.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/p/public_witness.htm">Public Witness</a></b><br>Jeremiah's public punishment at the Upper Gate of Benjamin serves as a reminder that our faith is often displayed in the public arena, where we must remain steadfast.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/g/god's_sovereignty_in_trials.htm">God's Sovereignty in Trials</a></b><br>Despite the trials Jeremiah faced, God's sovereignty and purpose were at work, encouraging us to trust in God's plan during our own challenges.<br><br><b><a href="/topical/t/the_role_of_prophets_and_leaders.htm">The Role of Prophets and Leaders</a></b><br>The conflict between Jeremiah and Pashhur highlights the tension that can exist between true prophetic voices and established religious authorities, urging discernment and faithfulness to God's word.<a name="commentary" id="commentary"></a><div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/ellicott/jeremiah/20.htm">Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers</a></div>(2) <span class= "bld">Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet.</span>--It is the first time that he has been so described, the office to which he was called being apparently named to emphasise the outrage which had been inflicted on him. Other prophets had, under Ahab or Manasseh, been slain with the sword, but none, so far as we know (with the one exception of Hanani the seer in <a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm" title="Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.">2Chronicles 16:10</a>), had ever before been subjected to an ignominious punishment such as this. It was so far analogous to the outrage against which St. Paul protested in <a href="/context/acts/23-2.htm" title="And the high priest Ananias commanded them that stood by him to smite him on the mouth.">Acts 23:2-3</a>. The word "smote" implies a blow struck with the priest's own hands rather than the infliction of the legal punishment of forty stripes save one (<a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm" title="Forty stripes he may give him, and not exceed: lest, if he should exceed, and beat him above these with many stripes, then your brother should seem vile to you.">Deuteronomy 25:3</a>). The English word "stocks" expresses adequately enough the instrument of torture which, like the <span class= "ital">nervus </span>of Roman punishment, kept the body (as in <a href="/acts/16-24.htm" title="Who, having received such a charge, thrust them into the inner prison, and made their feet fast in the stocks.">Acts 16:24</a>) in a crooked and painful position. The word here used occurs in the Hebrew of <a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm" title="Then Asa was wroth with the seer, and put him in a prison house; for he was in a rage with him because of this thing. And Asa oppressed some of the people the same time.">2Chronicles 16:10</a>, as above, and in <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm" title="The LORD has made you priest in the stead of Jehoiada the priest, that you should be officers in the house of the LORD, for every man that is mad, and makes himself a prophet, that you should put him in prison, and in the stocks.">Jeremiah 29:26</a>, but the A. V. there renders it as "prison-house." In that humiliating position the prophet was left for the whole night in one of the most conspicuous places of the city, the temple-gate of Benjamin (the <span class= "ital">upper </span>gate) on the northern side of the inner court, probably the higher or northern gate of <a href="/ezekiel/8-3.htm" title="And he put forth the form of an hand, and took me by a lock of my head; and the spirit lifted me up between the earth and the heaven, and brought me in the visions of God to Jerusalem, to the door of the inner gate that looks toward the north; where was the seat of the image of jealousy, which provokes to jealousy.">Ezekiel 8:3</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/8-5.htm" title="Then said he to me, Son of man, lift up your eyes now the way toward the north. So I lifted up my eyes the way toward the north, and behold northward at the gate of the altar this image of jealousy in the entry.">Ezekiel 8:5</a>; <a href="/ezekiel/9-2.htm" title="And, behold, six men came from the way of the higher gate, which lies toward the north, and every man a slaughter weapon in his hand; and one man among them was clothed with linen, with a writer's inkhorn by his side: and they went in, and stood beside the brazen altar.">Ezekiel 9:2</a>. . . . <div class="vheading2"><a href="/commentaries/pulpit/jeremiah/20.htm">Pulpit Commentary</a></div><span class="cmt_sub_title">Verse 2.</span> - Pashur, being charged with the police of the temple, smites Jeremiah, <span class="accented">i.e.</span> causes stripes to be given him (a legal punishment, <a href="/deuteronomy/25-3.htm">Deuteronomy 25:3</a>; comp. <a href="/2_corinthians/11-24.htm">2 Corinthians 11:24</a>), and then orders him to be put into <span class="cmt_word">the stocks</span>; literally, <span class="accented">that which distorts -</span> some instrument of punishment which held the body in a bent or crooked position (comp. <a href="/jeremiah/29-26.htm">Jeremiah 29:26</a>). The "stocks" were sometimes kept in a special house (<a href="/2_chronicles/16-10.htm">2 Chronicles 16:10</a>); these mentioned here, however, apparently stood in public, at the high - or rather, upper - <span class="cmt_word">gate of Benjamin</span>, which was by - or, <span class="accented">at - <span class="cmt_word"></span>the house of the Lord</span>. The gate, then, was one of the temple gates, and is called "the upper" to distinguish it from one of the city gates which bore the same name (<a href="/jeremiah/37-13.htm">Jeremiah 37:13</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/38-7.htm">Jeremiah 38:7</a>). It is presumably the same which is called "the new gate of the Lord's house" (<a href="/jeremiah/26-10.htm">Jeremiah 26:10</a>; <a href="/jeremiah/36-10.htm">Jeremiah 36:10</a>), as having been comparatively lately built (<a href="/2_kings/15-35.htm">2 Kings 15:35</a>). <span class="p"><br /><br /></span><span class="versiontext"><a href="/commentaries/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Parallel Commentaries ...</a></span><span class="p"><br /><br /><br /></span><a name="lexicon" id="lexicon"></a><div class="vheading">Hebrew</div><span class="word">[he]</span><br /><span class="heb">פַשְׁח֔וּר</span> <span class="translit">(p̄aš·ḥūr)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_6583.htm">Strong's 6583: </a> </span><span class="str2">Pashhur -- five Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">had Jeremiah</span><br /><span class="heb">יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ</span> <span class="translit">(yir·mə·yā·hū)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3414.htm">Strong's 3414: </a> </span><span class="str2">Jeremiah -- 'Yah loosens', the name of a number of Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the prophet</span><br /><span class="heb">הַנָּבִ֑יא</span> <span class="translit">(han·nā·ḇî)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5030.htm">Strong's 5030: </a> </span><span class="str2">A spokesman, speaker, prophet</span><br /><br /><span class="word">beaten,</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיַּכֶּ֣ה</span> <span class="translit">(way·yak·keh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5221.htm">Strong's 5221: </a> </span><span class="str2">To strike</span><br /><br /><span class="word">and he put</span><br /><span class="heb">וַיִּתֵּ֨ן</span> <span class="translit">(way·yit·tên)</span><br /><span class="parse">Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5414.htm">Strong's 5414: </a> </span><span class="str2">To give, put, set</span><br /><br /><span class="word">him</span><br /><span class="heb">אֹת֜וֹ</span> <span class="translit">(’ō·ṯōw)</span><br /><span class="parse">Direct object marker | third person masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_853.htm">Strong's 853: </a> </span><span class="str2">Untranslatable mark of the accusative case</span><br /><br /><span class="word">in</span><br /><span class="heb">עַל־</span> <span class="translit">(‘al-)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5921.htm">Strong's 5921: </a> </span><span class="str2">Above, over, upon, against</span><br /><br /><span class="word">the stocks</span><br /><span class="heb">הַמַּהְפֶּ֗כֶת</span> <span class="translit">(ham·mah·pe·ḵeṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Noun - feminine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_4115.htm">Strong's 4115: </a> </span><span class="str2">Stocks (instrument of punishment)</span><br /><br /><span class="word">at the Upper</span><br /><span class="heb">הָֽעֶלְי֔וֹן</span> <span class="translit">(hā·‘el·yō·wn)</span><br /><span class="parse">Article | Adjective - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_5945.htm">Strong's 5945: </a> </span><span class="str2">An elevation, lofty, as title, the Supreme</span><br /><br /><span class="word">Gate</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּשַׁ֤עַר</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ša·‘ar)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_8179.htm">Strong's 8179: </a> </span><span class="str2">An opening, door, gate</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of Benjamin,</span><br /><span class="heb">בִּנְיָמִן֙</span> <span class="translit">(bin·yā·min)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1144.htm">Strong's 1144: </a> </span><span class="str2">Benjamin -- 'son of the right hand', youngest son of Jacob, also the name of two other Israelites</span><br /><br /><span class="word">which [was]</span><br /><span class="heb">אֲשֶׁ֖ר</span> <span class="translit">(’ă·šer)</span><br /><span class="parse">Pronoun - relative<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_834.htm">Strong's 834: </a> </span><span class="str2">Who, which, what, that, when, where, how, because, in order that</span><br /><br /><span class="word">by the house</span><br /><span class="heb">בְּבֵ֥ית</span> <span class="translit">(bə·ḇêṯ)</span><br /><span class="parse">Preposition-b | Noun - masculine singular construct<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_1004.htm">Strong's 1004: </a> </span><span class="str2">A house</span><br /><br /><span class="word">of the LORD.</span><br /><span class="heb">יְהוָֽה׃</span> <span class="translit">(Yah·weh)</span><br /><span class="parse">Noun - proper - masculine singular<br /></span><span class="str"><a href="/hebrew/strongs_3068.htm">Strong's 3068: </a> </span><span class="str2">LORD -- the proper name of the God of Israel</span><br /><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><div class="vheading">Links</div><a href="/niv/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 NIV</a><br /><a href="/nlt/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 NLT</a><br /><a href="/esv/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 ESV</a><br /><a href="/nasb/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 NASB</a><br /><a href="/kjv/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 KJV</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="//bibleapps.com/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 BibleApps.com</a><br /><a href="//bibliaparalela.com/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 Biblia Paralela</a><br /><a href="//holybible.com.cn/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 Chinese Bible</a><br /><a href="//saintebible.com/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 French Bible</a><br /><a href="/catholic/jeremiah/20-2.htm">Jeremiah 20:2 Catholic Bible</a><span class="p"><br /><br /></span><a href="/jeremiah/20-2.htm">OT Prophets: Jeremiah 20:2 Then Pashhur struck Jeremiah the prophet (Jer.) </a></div></div></td></tr></table></div><div id="left"><a href="/jeremiah/20-1.htm" onmouseover='lft.src="/leftgif.png"' onmouseout='lft.src="/left.png"' title="Jeremiah 20:1"><img src="/left.png" name="lft" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 20:1" /></a></div><div id="right"><a href="/jeremiah/20-3.htm" onmouseover='rght.src="/rightgif.png"' onmouseout='rght.src="/right.png"' title="Jeremiah 20:3"><img src="/right.png" name="rght" border="0" alt="Jeremiah 20:3" /></a></div><div id="botleft"><a href="#" onmouseover='botleft.src="/botleftgif.png"' onmouseout='botleft.src="/botleft.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botleft.png" name="botleft" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="botright"><a href="#" onmouseover='botright.src="/botrightgif.png"' onmouseout='botright.src="/botright.png"' title="Top of Page"><img src="/botright.png" name="botright" border="0" alt="Top of Page" /></a></div><div id="bot"><iframe width="100%" height="1500" scrolling="no" src="/botmenubhnew2.htm" frameborder="0"></iframe></div></td></tr></table></div></body></html>