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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...
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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...
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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
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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...
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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.
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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...
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_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....
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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...
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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...
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20:10 stumbling. (c-26) Or 'at my side.'...
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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...
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1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
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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...
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כִּ֣י שָׁמַ֜עְתִּי דִּבַּ֣ת רַבִּים֮
מָגֹ֣ור מִ...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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)_...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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_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...
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The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow...
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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...
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ALL MY FAMILIARS:
_ Heb._ every man of my peace...
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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...
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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...
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Jeremiah 20:10 heard H8085 (H8804) many H7227 mocking H1681 Fear H4032
side H5439 Report H5046 (H8685) report...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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_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...
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Kings 19:2; 1 Kings 21:20; 1 Kings 22:27; 1 Kings 22:8; Acts 23:12
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Prevail — Desiring nothing more than that I might be enticed to
speak or do something which they might make matter of a colourable
accusation....