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You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there shall you be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.
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The Politics of False Prophecy
Commentators explain that Pashhur's "false prophecies" were specific political predictions. He encouraged Judah's leaders to trust in an alliance with Egypt to resist Babylon, offering a message of false hope that directly contradicted God's word through Jeremiah. This shows how false teaching can be tied to politically convenient but spiritually disastrous counsel.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
You have prophesied lies - Pushur belonged to the warlike party, whose creed it was, that Judea by a close alliance with Egypt migh…
19th Century
Anglican
Thou shalt come to Babylon ... — The sons of Immer, the section of priests to which Pashur belonged, were found in large …
16th Century
Protestant
Now Jeremiah declares that Pashur himself would be a proof that he had truly foretold the destruction of the city and the desolation of the whole l…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And you, Pashur, and all that dwell in your house, shall gointo captivity. Particularly he…
Pashur struck Jeremiah and put him in the stocks. Jeremiah was silent until God put a word into his mouth.
To confirm this, Pashur was given…
13th Century
Catholic
Having finished the threat against the people, he begins the threat against the rulers.
First, the prophet’s threat against the rulers is gi…
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