Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 20:10
Prevail — Desiring nothing more than that I might be enticed to speak or do something which they might make matter of a colourable accusation.
Prevail — Desiring nothing more than that I might be enticed to speak or do something which they might make matter of a colourable accusation.
Verse Jeremiah 20:10. _REPORT - AND WE WILL REPORT IT._] Let us spread calumnies against him every where; or let us spread reports of dangers coming upon him, that we may intimidate him, and cause him...
In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the re...
CHAPTER 20 Pashur.-Jeremiah's Perplexity and Complaint _ 1. Pashur and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:1) _ 2. Jeremiah's great perplexity and complaint (Jeremiah 20:7) Jeremiah 20:1. A great scene now
THE PROPHET'S TROUBLES, HOPES, AND DARK DESPAIR. In passionate protest against his lot (possibly occasioned by the incident just related) Jeremiah complains that Yahweh has beguiled him into the work...
FEAR ON EVERY SIDE. Hebrew. _magor-missabib,_ as in Jeremiah 20:3. Compare Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 46:5, &c. FAMILIARS. those whom. am wont to salute. See App-85. ENTICED. induced, or persuaded.
Jeremiah 20:7-18. The prophet bitterly complains to God of his lot The passage opens to us the depths of the prophet's soul, and we see him in intimate converse with God, and possessed now by the emo...
_defaming_ lit. probably, _whispering_. Cp. Psalms 31:13. _watch for my halting_ Cp. Psalms 35:15; Psalms 38:17. _enticed_ into some act, which will lay him open to attack....
FEAR ON EVERY SIDE, &C.— The Hebrew is, מסביב מגור _Magor-missabib,_ the name which Jeremiah gave to Pashur; and if it were here read as a proper name, as in Jeremiah 20:3 it would appear more plainly...
IV. THE HUMAN VESSEL Jeremiah 20:7-18 In his public confrontation with Pashur Jeremiah had remained as firm as a rock. Now in his private moments with God he breaks down completely. He looks upon his...
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail a...
20:10 stumbling. (c-26) Or 'at my side.'...
1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
REPORT _say they,_ etc.] the words of two groups of his foes, the first arguing that his language should be brought under the notice of those in power, the second undertaking to do so. 14-18. For the...
THE DEFAMING OF MANY. — Another quotation from the Psalms (Psalms 31:13), where the Authorised Version has “the slander of many.” FEAR ON EVERY SIDE. — The _Magor-missabib_ still rings in the prophet...
כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֜עְתִּי דִּבַּ֣ת רַבִּים֮ מָגֹ֣ור מִ...
CHAPTER XIII JEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTION Jeremiah 20:1 THE prophet has now to endure something more than a scornful rejection of his message. "And Pashchur ben Immer the priest" (he was chief officer...
The story of the persecution which this action stirred up against him follows. Pashur heard the prophecy, and, smiting the prophet, arrested and imprisoned him. On the following day Jeremiah, being br...
For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. (f) Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my friends watched for my fall, [saying], Perhaps he will be enticed, and we shall prevail agai...
_Side, seeking an opportunity to ruin me, as the Pharisees did our Saviour, Psalm xl. 10. (Calmet) --- Protestants, "familiars watched for my halting, saying, peradventure he," &c. (Haydock)_...
What a blessed testimony, is it to the truth of the holy scriptures, that their effects on the souls of God's people, are in all ages the same. What Jeremiah said, all more or less find, that the word...
Jeremiah proceeds with the same subject, and before God accuses his enemies, — that they disgracefully contended with him, though he deserved no such treatment, for he had endeavored to secure as far...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20. Chapter s 19 and 20 shew us the judgment of Jerusalem announced in terms that require little explanation; and we have in chapter 20 a sample of the...
FOR I HEARD THE DEFAMING OF MANY, FEAR ON EVERY SIDE,.... It was brought to the prophet's ears by some of his friends, how he was defamed by many, and these great and mighty ones, as the word also sig...
_For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, [say they], and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, [saying], Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall preva...
_For I heard the defaming of many_ The slanderous, injurious reports that were raised concerning me; _fear on every side_ Hebrew, _magor-missabib;_ as if he had said, The name given to Pashur would ha...
For I heard the defaming of many, as they talked about him and his office in a derogatory manner: FEAR ON EVERY SIDE, or, "Terror round about!" an attempt to deride the prophecy against Pashur. REPORT...
The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow...
ALL MY FAMILIARS: _ Heb._ every man of my peace...
7-13 The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced. But ver. Jeremiah 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was persuaded. Thou wast stronger than I; and didst overpower me...
The prophet here rendereth a reason why he thought of giving over his work as a prophet, his ears were continually filled with the obloquies and reproaches of such as reproached him, and besides he wa...
Jeremiah 20:10 heard H8085 (H8804) many H7227 mocking H1681 Fear H4032 side H5439 Report H5046 (H8685) report...
JEREMIAH IS SO DISTRAUGHT THAT HE BERATES YHWH AND POINTS OUT HOW TOUGH HE IS FINDING THINGS, AND YET HE ADMITS THAT HE HAS TO SPEAK OUT WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT BECAUSE YHWH'S WORD IS LIKE A BURNIN...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's first persecution. His complaint to God and encouragement in God. CHARACTERS: God, Pashur, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar. CONCLUSION: Those who declare the whole counsel of God may ex...
Jeremiah 20:3. _The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur,_ which signifies security or increase; _but Magormissabib,_ a terror on every side, or terrors of a captivity. Pashur believed the prophet, ye...
_An my familiars watched for my halting._ PATHETIC EXPERIENCES In these verses we have two distinct aspects of human experience. Within this brief section Jeremiah is on the hill top and in the deepe...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. With chap. 20 the first section of this book closes. Probably this was Jeremiah’s last public prophecy in Jehoiakim’s reign, and formed the...
EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 20:1 The continuation of the preceding narrative. PASHUR THE SON OF TRAINER. This man belonged to the sixteenth of the sacerdotal families or classes (1 Chronicles 24:14). Another...
Now Pashur (Jeremiah 20:1). And the name means "prosperity all around." Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah had prophesie...
1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Kings 22:8; Acts 23:12