Jeremiah 20

Jeremiah 20 is the twentieth chapter of the Book of Jeremiah in the Hebrew Bible or the Old Testament of the Christian Bible. This book contains the prophecies spoken by the prophet Jeremiah, and is a part of the Books of the Prophets.^[1][2]

Text

• The original text is written in Hebrew language.
• This chapter is divided into 18 verses.

Textual versions

Some most ancient manuscripts containing this chapter in Hebrew language:

• Masoretic Text (10th century)
• Dead Sea Scrolls: (2nd century BC)^[3][4]
  • 4QJer^a (4Q70): extant: verses 14‑18
  • 4QJer^c (4Q72): extant: verses 2‑9, 13‑15

Ancient translations in Koine Greek:

• Septuagint (3rd century BC)
• Theodotion version (~AD 180)

Structure

NKJV groups this chapter into:

• Jeremiah 20:1-6 = The Word of God to Pashhur
• Jeremiah 20:7-18 = Jeremiah’s Unpopular Ministry

Verse 1

Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. (NKJV)^[5]

• "Chief governor" (from Hebrew: פקיד נגיד p̄ā-qîḏ nā-ḡîḏ): a person overseeing "the temple, temple guards, entry into the court and so on" must be a priest;^[6]
• "Pashhur the son of Immer": as the "Temple police" publicly struck Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:2), earning a prophecy of doom with the new name "מגור מסביב" (mā-ḡōr mi-sā-ḇîḇ; "terror on every side"; Jeremiah 20:3; Jeremiah 6:25; Psalm 31:13) sharing the fate of Jerusalem's inhabitants taken into the exile (Jeremiah 25:8-11).^[7]

See also

• Related Bible parts: Deuteronomy 25, Job 3, Psalm 31, Jeremiah 6

Notes and references

Bibliography

• The Nelson Study Bible. Thomas Nelson, Inc. 1997. ISBN 9780840715999. 
• Ulrich, Eugene, ed. (2010). The Biblical Qumran Scrolls: Transcriptions and Textual Variants. Brill. 

External links

Jewish

• Jeremiah 20 Hebrew with Parallel English
• Jeremiah 20 Hebrew with Rashi's Commentary

Christian

• Jeremiah 20 English Translation with Parallel Latin Vulgate