Jeremiah 20:6

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You, Pashhur, and all who dwell in your house shall go into captivity; and you shall come to Babylon, and there you shall die, and there shall you be buried, you, and all your friends, to whom you have prophesied falsely.

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Babylon was the Mesopotamian imperial power to which Pashhur, his household, and other Judeans would be exiled, fulfilling Jeremiah’s warning of judgment. The Benjamin Gate in Jerusalem, where Pashhur had beaten and confined Jeremiah, highlights that this prophecy

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Jeremiah 20:6 mentions Babylon, Benjamin Gate and Jerusalem.

Babylon · Radomir Vrbovsky
Jerusalem · Godot13

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