Jeremiah 20:6

20:6 You, Pashhur, and all your household 1  will go into exile in Babylon. You will die there and you will be buried there. The same thing will happen to all your friends to whom you have prophesied lies.’” 2 

Jeremiah 22:21

22:21 While you were feeling secure I gave you warning. 3 

But you said, “I refuse to listen to you.”

That is the way you have acted from your earliest history onward. 4 

Indeed, you have never paid attention to me.

1 tn Heb “all who live in your house.” This included his family and his servants.

2 sn As a member of the priesthood and the protector of order in the temple, Pashhur was undoubtedly one of those who promulgated the deceptive belief that the Lord’s presence in the temple was a guarantee of Judah’s safety (cf. 7:4, 8). Judging from the fact that two other men held the same office after the leading men in the city were carried into exile in 597 b.c. (see Jer 29:25-26 and compare 29:1-2 for the date and 2 Kgs 24:12-16 for the facts), this prophecy was probably fulfilled in 597. For a similar kind of oracle of judgment see Amos 7:10-17.

3 tn Heb “I spoke to you in your security.” The reference is to the sending of the prophets. Compare this context with the context of 7:25. For the nuance “security” for this noun (שַׁלְוָה, shalvah) rather than “prosperity” as many translate see Pss 122:7; 30:6 and the related adjective (שָׁלֵו, shalev) in Jer 49:31; Job 16:2; 21:23.

4 tn Heb “from your youth.” Compare the usage in 2:2; 3:24 and compare a similar idea in 7:25.