¹ tn This is an attempt to render the Hebrew particle rendered “behold” joined to the first person pronoun.

² tn Heb “I will put stumbling blocks in front of these people.” In this context the stumbling blocks are the invading armies.

³ tn The words “and fall to their destruction” are implicit in the metaphor and are supplied in the translation for clarity.

⁴ tn Heb “all who live in your house.” This included his family and his servants.

⁵ 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.