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Jeremiah 20 General Notes
Structure and formatting
Some translations set poetry farther to the right than the rest of the text to show that it is poetry. The ULB does this with the poetry in 20:7-18.
Special concepts in this chapter
Pashhur
This chapter prophesied punishment against a specific leader named Pashhur. He was in charge of protecting the temple and had Jeremiah beaten and arrested. (See: rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/prophet and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/temple)
Jeremiah's reaction
Jeremiah's reaction contrasts with the reaction of the Jews in general. Although Jeremiah was not happy with Yahweh's actions, he still trusted in Yahweh. On the other hand, the Jews were not happy with the prophecies Yahweh gave to Jeremiah, so they beat the prophet. (See: rc://en/ta/man/jit/figs-explicit and rc://en/tw/dict/bible/kt/trust)