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General Information:
Jeremiah often wrote prophecy in the form of poetry. Hebrew poetry uses different kinds of parallelism. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry and rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism)
Pashhur ... Immer
These are names of men. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names)
Pashhur beat Jeremiah
Possible meanings are 1) that Pashhur himself beat Jeremiah or 2) that Pashhur ordered other men to beat Jeremiah. (See: rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy)
stocks
Stocks are a wooden frame with holes in it that people use to lock up a prisoner's hands, feet, and head.
Upper Gate of Benjamin
This gate is different from the gate in the city wall that shared the same name.