Commentaries:
Barnes' Notes
Jeremiah the prophet - Jeremiah is nowhere so called in the first 19 chapters. In this place he thus characterizes himself, because Pashur' s conduct was a violation of the respect due to the prophetic office.
The stocks - This instrument of torture comes from a root signifying to "twist." It thus implies that the body was kept in a distorted position. Compare Acts 16:24.
The high gate ... - Rather, "the upper gate of Benjamin in the house of Yahweh (compare II Kings 15:35);" to be distinguished from the city gate of Benjamin leading toward the north.
Other Barnes' Notes entries containing Jeremiah 20:2:
1 Kings 12:21
Job 13:27
Jeremiah 29:24-29
Amos 2:12
Hebrews 11:36
Hebrews 11:36
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