Jeremia 20:1

1 Als Pashur, de zoon van Immer, de priester (deze nu was bestelde voorganger in het huis des HEEREN), Jeremia hoorde, diezelve woorden profeterende,

Jeremia 20:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 20:1

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest
Not the immediate son of Immer, but one that descended from him after many generations; for Immer was a priest in David's time, to whom the sixteenth course of the priests fell by lot, ( 1 Chronicles 24:14 ) ; who [was] also chief governor in the house of the Lord;
the temple; not the high priest, since he was of the course of Immer; perhaps he was the head of the course to which he belonged, the chief of the priests of that course. The Targum calls him the "sagan" of the priests. There was such an officer, who was called the "sagan" or deputy to the high priest, who upon certain occasions acted for him; and some think that this man was in the same office; though others take him to be the same with the captain of the temple, ( Acts 4:1 ) . Who heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things;
some that heard him in the court of the temple prophesying of the evil that should come upon the city, and places adjacent to it, went and told the chief governor of it. Though the words may be rendered, "now Pashur heard ^F21----Jeremiah prophesying these things"; he heard him himself; either he was one of the ancients of the priests that went with him to Tophet, and heard him there; or, however, when he came from thence, and stood and prophesied in the court of the temple, he heard him.

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 (rwxvp emvyw) "audivit autem", Paschchurus, Schmidt; "audiens autem", Paschhur, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator.

Jeremia 20:1 In-Context

1 Als Pashur, de zoon van Immer, de priester (deze nu was bestelde voorganger in het huis des HEEREN), Jeremia hoorde, diezelve woorden profeterende,

2 Zo sloeg Pashur den profeet Jeremia, en hij stelde hem in de gevangenis, dewelke is in de bovenste poort van Benjamin, die aan het huis des HEEREN is.

3 Maar het geschiedde des anderen daags, dat Pashur Jeremia uit de gevangenis voortbracht; toen zeide Jeremia tot hem: De HEERE noemt uw naam niet Pashur, maar Magor-missabib.

4 Want zo zegt de HEERE: Zie, Ik stel u tot een schrik voor uzelven en voor al uw liefhebbers; die zullen vallen door het zwaard hunner vijanden, dat het uw ogen aanzien; en Ik zal gans Juda geven in de hand des konings van Babel, die hen naar Babel gevankelijk zal wegvoeren, en slaan hen met het zwaard.

5 Ook zal Ik geven al het vermogen dezer stad, en al haar arbeid, en al haar kostelijkheid, en alle schatten der koningen van Juda, Ik zal ze geven in de hand hunner vijanden, die zullen ze roven, zullen ze nemen, en zullen ze brengen naar Babel.