Bound Yet Free
20 Now Pashhur the priest, the son of Immer, who was chief officer in the house of the Lord, heard Jeremiah prophesying these things. 2 Then Pashhur beat Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the upper Benjamin Gate of the house of the Lord. 3 The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call your name Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side. 4 For thus says the Lord: Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They shall fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. And I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon. He shall carry them captive to Babylon, and shall strike them down with the sword. 5 Moreover, I will give all the wealth of the city, all its gains, all its prized belongings, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hand of their enemies, who shall plunder them and seize them and carry them to Babylon. 6 And you, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house, shall go into captivity. To Babylon you shall go, and there you shall die, and there you shall be buried, you and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.”
Jeremiah 20:1-6
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Bound Yet Free
Jeremiah is struck, mocked, and bound in the stocks for speaking the Word of the Lord. The name given to his persecutor, “Terror on Every Side,” reveals the deeper truth: those who oppose God’s Word live in fear, even as they try to silence it. Jeremiah suffers not for wrongdoing, but for faithfulness. Such persecution exposes the false security of those who reject the Lord. This suffering prophet foreshadows Christ, who was also struck, mocked, and bound, yet without sin. Jesus bore the terror of judgment on the cross, not for His own rebellion, but for ours. What appeared to be defeat was in fact victory, as He secured forgiveness and life. So too, when the Church suffers for speaking truth, it shares in Christ’s cross. Yet we are not abandoned. The Lord remains faithful. Though bound in the eyes of the world, we are truly free in Him.
Jeremiah 20:1-6
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Bound Yet Free
Jeremiah is struck, mocked, and bound in the stocks for speaking the Word of the Lord. The name given to his persecutor, “Terror on Every Side,” reveals the deeper truth: those who oppose God’s Word live in fear, even as they try to silence it. Jeremiah suffers not for wrongdoing, but for faithfulness. Such persecution exposes the false security of those who reject the Lord. This suffering prophet foreshadows Christ, who was also struck, mocked, and bound, yet without sin. Jesus bore the terror of judgment on the cross, not for His own rebellion, but for ours. What appeared to be defeat was in fact victory, as He secured forgiveness and life. So too, when the Church suffers for speaking truth, it shares in Christ’s cross. Yet we are not abandoned. The Lord remains faithful. Though bound in the eyes of the world, we are truly free in Him.
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