For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: 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 slay them with the sword.
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Interpretation
Pashur smote Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks. Jeremiah was silent till God put a word into his mouth.
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This thought runs through Jeremiah 20:1-4.
Glossary
- Babylon Place
- Biblical settlement. Modern identification: Babylon.