Discovery BoxJeremiah 20:1 
Context20:1 Now Pashhur son of Immer heard Jeremiah prophesy these things. He was the priest who was chief of security 1 in the Lord’s temple.
Jeremiah 23:34
Context23:34 I will punish any prophet, priest, or other person who says “The Lord’s message is burdensome.” 2 I will punish both that person and his whole family.’” 3
Jeremiah 25:17
Context25:17 So I took the cup from the Lord’s hand. I made all the nations to whom he sent me drink the wine of his wrath. 4
Jeremiah 28:5
Context28:5 Then the prophet Jeremiah responded to the prophet Hananiah in the presence of the priests and all the people who were standing in the Lord’s temple.
Jeremiah 35:2
Context35:2 “Go to the Rechabite community. 5 Invite them to come into one of the side rooms 6 of the Lord’s temple and offer them some wine to drink.”
Jeremiah 48:10
Context48:10 A curse on anyone who is lax in doing the Lord’s work!
A curse on anyone who keeps from carrying out his destruction! 7
Jeremiah 51:51
Context51:51 ‘We 8 are ashamed because we have been insulted. 9
Our faces show our disgrace. 10
For foreigners have invaded
the holy rooms 11 in the Lord’s temple.’
Jeremiah 52:13
Context52:13 He burned down the Lord’s temple, the royal palace, and all the houses in Jerusalem, including every large house.
1 tn Heb “chief overseer/officer.” The translation follows the suggestion of P. C. Craigie, P. H. Kelley, J. F. Drinkard, Jeremiah 1-25 (WBC), 267, based on the parallel passage in 29:26-27 where this official appears to have been in charge of maintaining order in the temple.
sn Judging from a comparison of this passage with Jer 29:26-27 and that passage in turn with 2 Kgs 25:18, Pashhur held an office second in rank only to the high priest. He was in charge of keeping order in the temple and took offense at what he heard Jeremiah saying.
2 tn Heb “burden of the
3 tn Heb “And the prophet or the priest or the people [common person] who says, ‘The burden of the
4 tn The words “the wine of his wrath” are not in the text but are implicit in the metaphor (see vv. 15-16). They are supplied in the translation for clarity.
5 tn Heb “the house of the Rechabites.” “House” is used here in terms of “household” or “family” (cf. BDB 109 s.v. בַּיִת 5.a, b).
sn Nothing is known about the Rechabite community other than what is said about them in this chapter. From vv. 7-8 it appears that they were a nomadic tribe that had resisted settling down and taking up farming. They had also agreed to abstain from drinking wine. Most scholars agree in equating the Jonadab son of Rechab mentioned as the leader who had instituted these strictures as the same Jonadab who assisted Jehu in his religious purge of Baalism following the reign of Ahab (2 Kgs 10:15, 23-24). If this is the case, the Rechabites followed these same rules for almost 250 years because Jehu’s purge of Baalism and the beginning of his reign was in 841
6 sn This refers to one of the rooms built on the outside of the temple that were used as living quarters for the priests and for storage rooms (cf. Neh 13:4-5; 1 Kgs 6:5; 1 Chr 28:12; 2 Chr 31:11 and compare Ezek 41:1-14).
7 tn Heb “who withholds his sword from bloodshed.” This verse is an editorial aside (or apostrophe) addressed to the Babylonian destroyers to be diligent in carrying out the work of the
8 sn The exiles lament the way they have been humiliated.
9 tn Heb “we have heard an insult.”
10 tn Heb “disgrace covers our face.”
11 tn Or “holy places, sanctuaries.”
