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Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 20:4

I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends. — We should have looked for a different explanation, indicating that terrors from without should gather round the cruel and relentless persecutor, but the prophet’s words go deeper. He should be an object of self-loathing, outer fears intensifying his inward terror and acting through him on others. He is the centre from which terrors radiate as well as that to which they converge.

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See also Jeremiah 20:4 in other biblical comments:

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A TERROR TO THYSELF, AND TO ALL THY FRIENDS - Jeremiah plays upon the meaning of Magormissabib saying that Pusbur would be a terror to all around. It is remarkable that he prophesies no evil of Pashur...

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH 19:1 TO JEREMIAH 20:6. THE EARTHENWARE FLASK; JEREMIAH IN THE STOCKS. This section seems to be editorially grouped with the last because of the further reference to pottery; the original prop...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    BEHOLD. Figure of speech _Asterismos._ BY THE SWORD. Some codices, with two early printed editions, add "at the hand of". THE KING OF BABYLON. This is the first occurrence in Jeremiah....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    C. The Arrest of the Prophet Jeremiah 19:14 to Jeremiah 20:6 TRANSLATION (14) And Jeremiah went from Topheth where the LORD had sent him to prophesy and he stood in the court of the house of the LORD...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold it: and I will give all J...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֣י כֹ֣ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֡ה הִנְנִי֩ נֹתֶנְךָ֙...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    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...

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    Observe, what holy and becoming boldness in the man of God. Observe what an awful judgment Pashur is doomed to suffer. Magor-missabib, means, being encompassed with fear round about, as a girdle. It i...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Here Jeremiah explains more at large why he said that Pashur would be terror on every side, even because he and his friends would be in fear; for he would find himself overwhelmed by God’s vengeance,...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    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...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold [it]: and I will give all...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _Jeremiah said, The Lord hath not called_ Rather, _doth not call thy name Pashur; but Magor-missabib_ That is, _Terror on every side_, or, _Terror to all around_, as the name is explained in the next...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    V. 1. NOW, PASHUR, THE SON OF IMMER, THE PRIEST, WHO WAS ALSO CHIEF GOVERNOR IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, the highest commander of the Temple-watch, who was superior even to the captains of the individua...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For thus saith the Lord, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, so that his evil conscience and the fear of God's wrath would leave him no rest, AND TO ALL THY FRIENDS, who would be dismayed up...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    1-6 Pashur smote Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks. Jeremiah was silent till God put a word into his mouth. To confirm this, Pashur has a name given him, "Fear on every side." It speaks a man not o...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    God now expoundeth the name of _Magor-missabib_, threatening to fill this wicked priest with terrors, that he and all his friends should be affrighted, reflecting upon his most miserable state and con...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 20:4 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 make H5414 (H8802) terror H4032 friends H157 (H8802) fall...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    JEREMIAH'S ACTIONS PRODUCE A VIOLENT RESPONSE FROM THE RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES, RESULTING IN JEREMIAH PROPHESYING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIS ADVERSARIES BECAUSE OF THEIR BEHAVIOUR (JEREMIAH 20:1). The res...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 20:4 False teachers are the ultimate terror. They lead others to believe lies, which will result in BABYLON capturing ALL JUDAH....

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Samuel 2:33; 2 Kings 25:7; Deuteronomy 28:32; Deuteronomy 28:65;...

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