Jeremiah 20:16

The cry.. the shouting] of war and trouble.

Jeremiah's Eleventh Prophecy (Reign of Jehoiakim). Prophecies Illustrated from the Work of the Potter

Jeremiah 18 gives and explains the figure of the potter's clay, and tells of the effect upon the people. Jeremiah 19 gives and applies the figure of the potter's broken vessel, while Jeremiah 20 describes the consequent sufferings of Jeremiah and his complaints.

The outrage on the prophet committed by Pashur (Jeremiah 20:2) would certainly not have been permitted in Josiah's time. On the other hand, there seems from the language used to be still a chance for the people, and the calamity threatened had not yet arrived. Therefore we may date the symbolical actions early in Jehoiam's reign.