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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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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 20:6
18th Century
Theologian
You have prophesied lies - Pushur belonged to the warlike party, whose creed it was, that Judea by a close alliance with Egypt migh…
Charles Ellicott
On Jeremiah 20:6
19th Century
Bishop
Thou shalt come to Babylon ... — The sons of Immer, the section of priests to which Pashur belonged, were found in large …
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 20:6
16th Century
Theologian
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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John Gill
On Jeremiah 20:6
17th Century
Pastor
And you, Pashur, and all that dwell in your house, shall go
into captivity. Particularly he…
Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 20:1–6
17th Century
Minister
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…