Jeremiah 20:3

Translations

Modern

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

Traditional

And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib.

Literal

And it came to pass on the next day, that Pashhur brought out Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah said to him, “YHWH has not called your name Pashhur, but rather Magor-missabib.

Latin

Cumque illuxisset in crastinum, eduxit Phassur Jeremiam de nervo, et dixit ad eum Jeremias: Non Phassur vocavit Dominus nomen tuum, sed Pavorem undique.

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Hebrew

English

The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.

Notes

Jeremiah 20:3

Magor-missabib: In Hebrew, this means "surrounded by terror." Compare Jeremiah 46:5; Psalm 31:13.

Jeremiah 20:1–6

The persecution Jeremiah faced escalated from words to actions. He was whipped and put in stocks overnight for allegedly blaspheming the Temple. Upon his release, Jeremiah delivered a message of personal condemnation from the Lord to his jailer.

Theme notes and profiles

Jeremiah False Prophets

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

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Jeremiah 20:10
For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our vengeance upon him.”
Jeremiah 46:5
Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.
Psalm 31:13
For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.
Lamentations 2:22
You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.
Isaiah 8:3
And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.
Jeremiah 6:25
Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.
Acts 16:30
Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”
Genesis 32:28
Then the man said, “Your name will no longer be Jacob, but Israel, because you have struggled with God and with men, and you have prevailed.”
Jeremiah 19:6
So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.
Genesis 17:15
Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.
Genesis 17:5
No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.
Acts 16:35–39
When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

People

Jeremiah: Son of Hilkiah, the prophet during Judah's final days Pashhur: Priest who opposed Jeremiah and was renamed Magor-missabib

Glossary

Bible, Manuscripts and Text of the (Old Testament) Book of Jeremiah Criminal Law and Punishment Jeremiah (Person) Magor-Missabib Pashhur, Pashur

Topics

Jeremiah: The Prophet: Denounces Pashur Jeremiah: The Prophet: Pashur, the Governor of the Temple, Scourges and Casts Him Into Prison Magor-Missabib: A Symbolical Name Given by Jeremiah to Pashur Pashur: Son of Immer and Governor of the Temple: Beats and Imprisons Jeremiah

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