For this is what the Lord says: ‘Behold, I am going to make you a horror to yourself and to all your friends; and while your eyes look on, they will fall by the sword of their enemies. So I will hand all Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will take them away as exiles to Babylon and will kill them with the sword.
Commentaries
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A terror to thyself, and to all thy friends – Jeremiah plays upon the meaning of Magor-missabib, saying that Pashur would be a terr…
Charles Ellicott
CharlesEllicott
I will make you a terror to yourself, and to all your friends. —We should have looked for a different explanation, indica…
John Calvin
JohnCalvin
Here Jeremiah explains in more detail why he said that Pashur would be a terror on every side: specifically because he and his friends would be ter…
John Gill
JohnGill
For thus says the, Lord, behold, I will make you a terror to
yourself, and to all your friends
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
Pashur struck Jeremiah and put him in the stocks. Jeremiah was silent until God put a word into his mouth.
To confirm this, Pashur was given…
Thomas Aquinas
ThomasAquinas
Having finished the threat against the people, he begins the threat against the rulers.
First, the prophet’s threat against the rulers is gi…
Albert Barnes
AlbertBarnes