Jeremiah 20:1Now Pashhur, the son of Immer the priest, who was chief officer in the house of Yahweh, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things.
The setting
Jerusalem temple, ~605 BC. Pashhur, chief temple security officer, hears Jeremiah's message and realizes this threatens the religious establishment's power in modern-day Temple Mount, Jerusalem, Israel.
The emotion here: documenting with growing dread what happened next
The original word
paqid (פָּקִיד) — chief officer, overseer with authority to arrest and punish
Why it matters
Pashhur had the authority to have people beaten with 39 lashes and put in stocks
Read with care
What most readers miss in Jeremiah 20:1
Pashhur wasn't upset about theology — he was protecting his job and the temple's income from religious corruption
Common misconceptionPeople assume Pashhur was defending God's honor, but he was actually defending a corrupt religious system that God wanted to tear down.
The thread continues
Verses that echo Jeremiah 20:1
Bible Genome reading
Jeremiah 20:1 — Bible Genome reading
Emotional genome
Jeremiah 20:1 comes from the book of Jeremiah, written during the Divided Kingdom period. The setting is the Temple. These words are attributed to narrator. The dominant emotion in this verse is anxious, with a comfort power of 20% and a tone that is reflective. It belongs to the narrative genre of biblical literature. Key themes include opposition to truth, religious persecution. Notable phrases: Pashhur heard Jeremiah prophesying.
Emotionally similar
Verses that meet the same anxious
“And no wonder, for even Satan masquerades as an angel of light.”
— 2 Corinthians 11:14
“Yes, and all who desire to live godly in Christ Jesus will suffer persecution.”
— 2 Timothy 3:12
“The evil spirit answered, "Jesus I know, and Paul I know, but who are you?"”
— Acts 19:15
“I fell to the ground, and heard a voice saying to me, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me?'”
— Acts 22:7
“When we had all fallen to the earth, I heard a voice saying to me in the Hebrew language, 'Saul, Saul, why are you persecuting me? It is har…”
— Acts 26:14
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