“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.” Context:To understand…

“O LORD, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, everyone mocketh me.” Context:Jeremiah 20 is a…

“But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not…

“And let that man be as the cities which the Lord overthrew, and repented not: and let him hear the cry in the morning, and the shouting at noontide.” Context:To…

“But, O Lord of hosts, that triest the righteous, and seest the reins and the heart, let me see thy vengeance on them: for unto thee have I opened my…

“Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my mother bare me be blessed.” Context:To understand the significance of this verse, it is important to…

“Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have been my grave, and her womb to be always great with me.” Context:Jeremiah 20:17 is part…

“Cursed be the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man child is born unto thee; making him very glad.” Context:Jeremiah was a prophet called by God to…

Now Pashur the sonne of Immer the Priest, who was also chiefe gouernor in the house of the Lord, heard that Ieremiah prophecied these things. Jeremiah 20:1 (KJV) Context: Jeremiah…

And it came to passe on the morrow, that Pashur brought foorth Ieremiah out of the stockes. Then sayd Ieremiah vnto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur,…