Jeremiah 20:2 meaning and explanation
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.
Jeremiah 20:2, Berean Standard Bible
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Pashhur was chief official in the temple, and he heard Jeremiah announce that God would bring disaster on Jerusalem. His response was not argument but force: he had the prophet beaten and confined in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, a public place by the temple.
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