Discovery BoxJeremiah 20:4 
Context20:4 For the Lord says, ‘I will make both you and your friends terrified of what will happen to you. 1 You will see all of them die by the swords of their enemies. 2 I will hand all the people of Judah over to the king of Babylon. He will carry some of them away into exile in Babylon and he will kill others of them with the sword.
Jeremiah 36:12
Context36:12 He went down to the chamber of the royal secretary in the king’s palace and found all the court officials in session there. Elishama 3 the royal secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, 4 Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials were seated there.
1 tn Heb “I will make you an object of terror to both you and your friends.”
2 tn Heb “And they will fall by the sword of their enemies and [with] your eyes seeing [it].”
3 sn If, as many believe, this man was the same as the Elishama mentioned in Jer 41:1; 2 Kgs 25:25, he was also a member of the royal family.
4 sn This man has already been mentioned in Jer 26:22 as the official who was sent to Egypt to extradite the prophet Uriah that Jehoiakim had executed. Though he was instrumental in the death of that prophet, he appears to have been favorably disposed to Jeremiah or at least impressed by the seriousness of his messages, because he is one of the officials that urged Baruch and Jeremiah to hide (v. 19), and he counseled Jehoiakim not to burn the scroll (v. 25).
