Jeremiah 20:3

3. Pashur All is uncertain as to the etymology, and so the meaning, of this name. As it is set over against the one which follows, it is probably opposite to it in sense, but just how we do not know.

Magor-missabib Fear round about, as the margin correctly translates. It seems to have originated from Psalms 31:13. It is a rather common phrase with Jeremiah, being used besides in Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 49:29; and in Lamentations 2:22. The general significance of this phrase has been indicated, but its precise application is less evident. Probably it is used to intimate that the course adopted and carried out under his instigation would involve in calamity not only himself but all those about him.