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It happened on the next day, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah to him, Yahweh has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
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A Prophetic Name of Terror
Commentators explain that Jeremiah renames the priest Pashur to "Magor-missabib," which means "terror on every side." This was a divine prophecy, declaring that Pashur, who felt powerful, would soon be overwhelmed by fear. As Matthew Henry notes, God can make the most daring sinner a terror even to himself, showing that divine justice has profound psychological consequences.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
Magor-missabib - See Jeremiah 6:25 note. Jeremiah uses it no less than five times, having probably adopted it as his watchword from Psalm 31…
19th Century
Anglican
Magor-missabib. —The words are a quotation from Psalm 31:13, and are rightly rendered, Fear is round about; they had alre…
16th Century
Protestant
No doubt Pashur called other priests to examine the case. It was, indeed, a specious pretense, for he seemed as though he did not wish to condemn t…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
And it came to pass on the morrow After the prophet was put into the stocks; so that he was there all night:
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…
13th Century
Catholic
Having finished the threat against the people, he begins the threat against the rulers.
First, the prophet’s threat against the rulers is gi…
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