“Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things.”
Pashhur, the priest and chief officer of the temple, hears Jeremiah's prophecy and responds not with repentance but with persecution, striking the prophet and putting him in the stocks. This verse shows the official resistance to Jeremiah's word; even those responsible for the temple resist the prophet's message. The stocks represent public humiliation and confinement, making Jeremiah a spectacle to Jerusalem. The response of the temple leadership to the prophecy confirms Jeremiah's warnings: if the religious leadership rejects God's word, the entire nation is in peril.
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