Text: Jeremiah 20:8
OT Text Referred to: Exodus 22:16
Subject: seduced, seized, and crying out
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Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: The connection between Jeremiah 20:8 and Exodus 22:16 operates through the shared root פָּתָה (patah, "to seduce/entice"), which appears in Jeremiah 20:7 and establishes the semantic field for the entire confession (vv. 7-8). Exodus 22:16 addresses the case of a man who "seduces" a virgin, while Jeremiah accuses God of having "seduced" him into prophetic service. Jeremiah 20:8 extends the consequence: because he was enticed into this vocation, "whenever I speak" the result is reproach and derision. The seduction metaphor conveys both the initial attractiveness of the divine call and the subsequent entrapment — Jeremiah was drawn in by God's compelling word but now finds himself unable to escape the social cost of faithfully delivering it.
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Text: Exodus 22:16
OT Text Referred to: Jeremiah 20:8
Subject: seduced, seized, and crying out
Source: No public domain commentary confirmation available
Reference Type: Echo
Connection Method(s): None
Significance: Exodus 22:16 uses the verb פָּתָה (patah, "to entice/seduce") for a man who persuades an unbetrothed virgin, and Jeremiah 20:8 continues the prophet's lament about his overpowering calling: "For whenever I speak, I cry out; I proclaim violence and destruction." The prophetic confession in 20:7-8 uses the seduction vocabulary of Exodus 22—God "enticed" (פָּתָה) Jeremiah and "prevailed" (חָזַק, chazaq)—and verse 8 describes the resulting compulsion: the divine word becomes an irresistible force that produces prophetic outcry (צָעַק, tsa'aq). The seduction-law language is metaphorically applied to prophetic calling, expressing the involuntary nature of Jeremiah's ministry through the vocabulary of coercion.