This document is about Pashhur (son of Immer). For other homonyms, please refer to the Pashhur document.
He was a priest during the time of Zedekiah (King of Judah).
He opposed Jeremiah (Prophet), and upon hearing his prophecy, he struck him and put him in the stocks.
Jer 20:1Now Pashhur the son of Immer, the priest who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.Jer 20:2Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet and put him in the stocks that were in the upper gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord.Jer 20:3The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.Jer 20:4For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He shall carry them captive to Babylon and strike them down with the sword.Jer 20:5I will give all the wealth of this city, all its gains, all its prized possessions, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon.Jer 20:6And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity, and to Babylon you shall go, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends to whom you have prophesied falsely.”