Jeremiah 20:3
The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord does not call you Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
Note Magor-missabib means terror on every side or the man who lives in terror.
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.
Note Magor-missabib: that is, Fear round about
On the next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord has not called your name Pashhur, but Magormissabib.
Note “Magormissabib” means “surrounded by terror”
And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.
Related passages
From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge, grouped by the word they explain.
- Pashur
- Acts 4:5–7; Acts 16:30, 35–39
- hath
- Jeremiah 7:32; Jeremiah 19:2, 6; Genesis 17:5, 15; Genesis 32:28; Isaiah 8:3; Hosea 1:4–9
- Magor-missabib
- this is, Fear round about.
- Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 46:5; Jeremiah 29:29; Psalm 31:13; Lamentations 2:22