en_tn/jer/20/01.md

# General Information:

Jeremiah often wrote prophecy in the form of poetry. Hebrew poetry uses different kinds of parallelism. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/writing-poetry]] and [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-parallelism]])

# Pashhur ... Immer

These are names of men. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/translate-names]])

# Pashhur beat Jeremiah

Possible meanings are 1) that Pashhur himself beat Jeremiah or 2) that Pashhur ordered other men to beat Jeremiah. (See: [[rc://en/ta/man/translate/figs-metonymy]])

# stocks

Stocks are a wooden frame with holes in it that people use to lock up a prisoner's hands, feet, and head.

# Upper Gate of Benjamin

This gate is different from the gate in the city wall that shared the same name.