Jeremiah 20:1-6 NIV

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 20:1

Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest ,.... Not the immediate son of Immer, but one that descended from him after many generations; for Immer was a priest in David's time, to whom the sixteenth course of the priests fell by lot, 1 Chronicles 24:14 ; who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord ; the temple; not the high priest, since he was of the course of Immer; perhaps he was the head of the course to which he belonged, the chief of the priests of that course. The Targum... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:2

Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet ,.... Either with his fist, or with a rod, while he was prophesying, to stop his mouth, and hinder him from going on, and to show his resentment, and influence, the people not to believe him; or he ordered him to be smitten and scourged by some inferior officer. This was very ill treatment of a prophet, a prophet of the Lord, and one that was a priest too, of the same order with himself; and put him in the stocks ; or ordered him to be put there;... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:3

And it came to pass on the morrow ,.... After the prophet was put into the stocks; so that he was there all night: that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks ; either to bring him before the priests, or the sanhedrim, to be examined; or in order to dismiss him, being either admonished by his friends, or convicted in his own conscience that he had done a wrong thing; then said Jeremiah unto him ; when he had brought him out, not being at all intimidated by him, and having a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:4

For thus saith the, Lord, behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends ,.... This is an interpretation of the name given, "Magormissabib": and shows that it was not a mere name he had, but that he should be in fact what that signifies; his conscience should be filled with terror at the judgments of God coming upon him for his sins; and which could not be concealed in his own breast from others, but he should be seized with such tremblings and shakings, and be such a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:5

Moreover, I will deliver all the strength of this city ,.... The fortifications of it; its towers, as the Syriac version; the riches of it, as the Targum; all its magazines and stores, in which its strength lay: and all the labours thereof ; all the fruit of their labours; all their wealth and riches got by labour; all their goods in trade; all their manufactures and merchandise: and all the precious things thereof ; all their plate and jewels, the rich furniture of their houses, and... 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 20:1

Pashur - chief governor - Pashur was probably one of the chief priests of the twenty-four classes. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:2

Put him in the stocks - Probably such a place near the gate as we term the lock-up, the coal-hole; or it may mean a sort of dungeon. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:3

The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur - Security on all sides. This name thou hast had, but not by Divine appointment. But Magor-missabib - Fear on every side. This name hath God given thee; because, in the course of his providence, thou shalt be placed in the circumstances signified by it: thou shalt be a terror to thyself. read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:1

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:2

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:3

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:4

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 20:5

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

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:1

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:2

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 20:3

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