It took me about 8 minutes to read this passage. I don’t believe that Jeremiah’s book is in chronological order, but I can imagine that after hearing the same message repeated again and again Pashur was fed up with Jeremiah. Not only was this prophet shouting bad news it looked like God wasn’t doing what Jeremiah said anyway. However, in his time God began to move the behemoth that was Babylon’s army. When Zedekiah sent a messenger to Jeremiah (21:1-2) the king received the exact same message that had landed Jeremiah in the stocks when Pashur was priest. Not once did God allow Jeremiah to change the message away from the doom that God had planned for Jerusalem and the sinfulness of the people. God did have a message of hope for those who would seek him out, but they would still have to be taken into captivity to be given the opportunity to see God work out his ultimate plan of hope.
Stuart
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