Geremia 20:1-6

1 OR Pashur, figliuolo d’Immer, sacerdote, ch’era soprantendente, e conduttore nella Casa del Signore, udì Geremia, che profetizzava queste parole.

2 E Pashur percosse il profeta Geremia, e lo mise nella grotta, ch’era nella porta alta di Beniamino, la quale conduceva alla Casa del Signore.

3 E il giorno seguente, Pashur trasse Geremia fuor della carcere. E Geremia gli disse: Il Signore ti nomina, non Pashur, ma Magor-missabib.

4 Perciocchè, così ha detto il Signore: Ecco, io ti metterò in ispavento a te stesso, ed a tutti i tuoi amici; ed essi caderanno per la spada de’ lor nemici, ed i tuoi occhi lo vedranno; e darò tutto Giuda in man del re di Babilonia, il quale li menerà in cattività in Babilonia, e li percoterà con la spada.

5 E darò tutte le ricchezze di questa città, e tutto il suo guadagno, e tutte le sue cose preziose; e insieme tutti i tesori dei re di Giuda in man dei lor nemici, i quali li prederanno, e li rapiranno, e li porteranno via in Babilonia.

6 E tu, Pashur, e tutti quelli che abitano in casa tua, andrete in cattività; e tu entrerai in Babilonia, e quivi morrai, e quivi sarai seppellito, tu, e tutti i tuoi amici, a’ quali tu hai profetizzato falsamente.

Geremia 20:1-6 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 20

This chapter gives an account of the usage that Jeremiah met with from many for his prophecies, and the effect it had upon him. He was smitten and put in the stocks by Pashur the priest, who released him the next day, Jer 20:1-3; upon which he prophesies again of the delivery of the city of Jerusalem, with all its riches, and of the whole land, to the Chaldeans; and particularly that Pashur should be a terror to himself and all his friends; and that both he and they should be carried captive into Babylon, and die, and be buried there, Jer 20:4-6; and then he complains of his being mocked at by the people for the word of the Lord; which he therefore determined to make no more mention of, but was obliged to it; and of the defamations of him, and snares that were laid for him, Jer 20:7-10; under which he is supported with the consideration of the Lord's being with him, and that his enemies should not prevail, but be confounded; and appeals to him, and calls for vengeance from him on them; and, in the view of deliverance, not only praises the Lord himself, but calls upon others to join with him in it, Jer 20:11-13; and yet, after all, the chapter is concluded with his cursing the day of his birth, and the man that brought his father the news of it, Jer 20:14-18.