And put him in the stocks— Houbigant renders the whole verse, This Pashur apprehended Jeremiah the prophet, and put him into the prison which lieth near the upper gate of Benjamin, which is near, &c. Our translators have rendered המהפכת hammahpeketh, the stocks; but I think without sufficient ground; for the word, which properly signifies that instrument of punishment, is סד, sad, see Job 13:27; Job 33:11. The word המהפכת hammahpeketh, occurs twice besides; chap. Jeremiah 29:26 and 2 Chronicles 16:10.; in both which places it is rendered simply a prison; and is mentioned as a punishment due to or inflicted on one, who assumed the character of a prophet without a proper call, or was presumed to have behaved unbecomingly as such.
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Jeremiah 20:2
2 Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.