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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 20:2 - 20:2
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The fact that Pashur was of the same order and of the same family as Jeremiah aggravates the indignity of the blow (1Ki 22:24; Mat 26:67).
stocks - an instrument of torture with five holes, in which the neck, two hands, and two feet were thrust, the body being kept in a crooked posture (Jer 29:26). From a Hebrew root, to “turn,” or “rack.” This marks Pashur’s cruelty.
high - that is, the upper gate (2Ki 15:35).
gate of Benjamin - a gate in the temple wall, corresponding to the gate of Benjamin, properly so called, in the city wall, in the direction of the territory of Benjamin (Jer 7:2; Jer 37:13; Jer 38:7). The temple gate of Benjamin, being on a lofty position, was called “the high gate,” to distinguish it from the city wall gate of Benjamin.