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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-6

Here is, I. Pashur's unjust displeasure against Jeremiah, and the fruits of that displeasure, Jer. 20:1, 2. This Pashur was a priest, and therefore, one would think, should have protected Jeremiah, who was of his own order, a priest too, and the more because he was a prophet of the Lord, whose interests the priests, his ministers, ought to consult. But this priest was a persecutor of him whom he should have patronized. He was the son of Immer; that is, he was of the sixteenth course of the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:6

And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house, shall go into captivity ,.... Particularly he and his family should not escape; whoever did: and thou shalt come to Babylon ; being brought there, though sore against his will: and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there ; even in a defiled land, as all other countries were reckoned by the Jews; and to be buried in such a land, Kimchi observes, was a curse; and so it is here threatened as such: thou, and all thy friends ... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:6

And thou, Pashur-shall go into captivity - Thou shalt suffer for the false prophecies which thou hast delivered, and for thy insults to my prophet. read more

John Calvin

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 20:1-6

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 20:3-6

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 20:6

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 20:6

Thou hast prophesied lies - Pushur belonged to the warlike party, whose creed it was, that Judaea by a close alliance with Egypt might resist the arms of Assyria. read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1-6

The broken pot (19:1-20:6)In another acted parable Jeremiah, carrying an earthenware pot in his hand, took the leaders of Jerusalem to a place outside the city walls where old pottery was dumped. This was in the valley where the Judeans once sacrificed their children to Molech and carried out other pagan rites (19:1-2; see 7:30-34 and section, ‘Tophet and the Valley of Hinnom’).Through their leaders, the people of Judah are told that in this valley, where they have killed their children, they... read more

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