Jeremiah 20:3-6 NIV

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:6

Verse 6 Now Jeremiah declares that Pashur himself would be a proof, that he had truly foretold the destruction of the city and the desolation of the whole land. He had indeed before exposed his vanity; but he now brings the man himself before the public; for it was necessary to exhibit a remarkable instance, that all might know that God’s judgment ought to have been dreaded. Though that impostor flattered the people, yet Jeremiah says, that he and all his domestics would be led into captivity;... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-3

The behavior of the wicked towards the truth. I. THEY REGARD THE TRUTH AND ITS MINISTERS AS THEIR GREATEST ENEMIES . If Pashur had known better he would have refrained from such exhibitions of temper. The prophet would then have been accounted the greatest benefactor of his country. Not the soldier on the battlefield nor the statesman in the councils of empire could have rendered so signal a service as Jeremiah did in simply but persistently telling the truth. Much... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-6

Pashur. At length the smoldering opposition to Jeremiah breaks out into open persecution. Hitherto, though he has been answered by words ( Jeremiah 18:18 ) and threatened with violence, no overt act has been committed. Secret enemies have elaborated dark designs, which are alarming enough but come to no serious issue. But now violent hands are laid upon the prophet; and it is not an obscure band of illegal conspirators who contrive evil against him, but the official head of the temple... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-6

A changed name and a dreadful doom. The change here, from Pashur to Magor-Missabib, reminds us of other divinely indicated changes of name in Scripture; e.g. from Abram to Abraham, from Jacob to Israel, from Simon to Peter, from Zacharias to John. These changes, however, were indicative of advancement and honor; were suggestive of the rise out of nature into grace. But here is a name which becomes at once the memorial of great wickedness and of the sure judgment following upon it. I. ... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:3

Symbolic change of name. Not … Pashur, but Magor-missabib ; i.e. terror on every side. There is probably no allusion to the (by no means obvious) etymology of Pashur. Jeremiah simply means to say that Pashur would one day become an object of general horror (see on verse 10). read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:3-6

Magor-Missabib; or, the fate of a false prophet. The person hero mentioned cannot with certainty be identified. He will the better serve as a type and representative of his kind. There is no age or country that has not had its Pashur. I. THE INFLUENCE HE EXERCISED . 1. Its character . Absolute and despotic. At the suggestion of his own evil heart. Capable of destroying civil rights and character itself. The whole civil and sacred machinery of the laud was at his... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:5

The strength ; rather, the stores. The labors ; rather, the fruits of labor ; i.e. the profits. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:6

Comp. the prophecy against Shebna ( Isaiah 22:18 ). Since we find, in Jeremiah 29:26 , Pashur's office occupied by another, it is probable that the prediction was fulfilled by the captivity of Pashur with Jehoiachin. To whom thou hast prophesied lies (comp. Jeremiah 14:13 ). Pashur, then, claimed to be a prophet. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 20:3

Magor-missabib - See Jeremiah 6:25 note. Jeremiah uses it no less than five times, having probably adopted it as his watchword from Psalms 31:13. read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 20:4

A terror to thyself, and to all thy friends - Jeremiah plays upon the meaning of Magormissabib saying that Pusbur would be a terror to all around. It is remarkable that he prophesies no evil of Pashur Jeremiah 20:6. His was to be the milder fate of being carried into captivity with Jehoiachin, and dying peaceably at Babylon Jeremiah 20:6, whereas his successor Zephaniah was put to death at Riblah Jeremiah 52:24, Jeremiah 52:27. His punishment probably consisted in this. He had prophesied... read more

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:3

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:3-6

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 20:6

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 20:3

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 20:4

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