Jeremiah 20:3 “The next day, when Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks, Jeremiah…”

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.

Berean Standard Bible

Other translations

King James Version

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.

World English Bible

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.

American Standard Version

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.

Geneva Bible 1599

And on the morning, Pashur brought Ieremiah out of the stockes. Then said Ieremiah vnto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.

Darby Translation

And it came to pass the next day, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks; and Jeremiah said unto him, Jehovah hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor-missabib.

Young's Literal Translation

and it cometh to pass on the morrow, that Pashhur bringeth out Jeremiah from the stocks, and Jeremiah saith unto him, 'Not Pashhur hath Jehovah called thy name, but — Magor-Missabib.

Bible in Basic English

Then on the day after, Pashhur let Jeremiah loose. Then Jeremiah said to him, The Lord has given you the name of Magor-missabib (Cause-of-fear-on-every-side), not Pashhur.

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Cross references

“Pashur”

Acts 4:5–7 Acts 16:30 Acts 16:35–39

Acts 4:5–7 · BSB

The next day the rulers, elders, and scribes assembled in Jerusalem,

Acts 16:30 · BSB

Then he brought them out and asked, “Sirs, what must I do to be saved?”

Acts 16:35–39 · BSB

When daylight came, the magistrates sent their officers with the order: “Release those men.”

“hath”

Isaiah 8:3 Jeremiah 7:32 Jeremiah 19:2 Jeremiah 19:6 Genesis 17:5 Genesis 17:15

Isaiah 8:3 · BSB

And I had relations with the prophetess, and she conceived and gave birth to a son. The LORD said to me, “Name him Maher-shalal-hash-baz.

Jeremiah 7:32 · BSB

So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth and the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter. For they will bury the dead in Topheth until there is no more…

Jeremiah 19:2 · BSB

and go out to the Valley of Ben-hinnom near the entrance of the Potsherd Gate. Proclaim there the words I speak to you,

Jeremiah 19:6 · BSB

So behold, the days are coming, declares the LORD, when this place will no longer be called Topheth or the Valley of Ben-hinnom, but the Valley of Slaughter.

Genesis 17:5 · BSB

No longer will you be called Abram, but your name will be Abraham, for I have made you a father of many nations.

Genesis 17:15 · BSB

Then God said to Abraham, “As for Sarai your wife, do not call her Sarai, for her name is to be Sarah.

“Magor-missabib”

Jeremiah 20:10 Jeremiah 46:5 Psalm 31:13 Lamentations 2:22 Jeremiah 6:25 Jeremiah 29:29

Jeremiah 20:10 · BSB

For I have heard the whispering of many: “Terror is on every side! Report him; let us report him!” All my trusted friends watch for my fall: “Perhaps he will be deceived so that we may prevail against him and take our ve…

Jeremiah 46:5 · BSB

Why am I seeing this? They are terrified, they are retreating; their warriors are defeated, they flee in haste without looking back; terror is on every side!” declares the LORD.

Psalm 31:13 · BSB

For I hear the slander of many; there is terror on every side. They conspire against me and plot to take my life.

Lamentations 2:22 · BSB

You summoned my terrors on every side, as for the day of an appointed feast. In the day of the LORD’s anger no one escaped or survived; my enemy has destroyed those I nurtured and reared.

Jeremiah 6:25 · BSB

Do not go out to the fields; do not walk the road. For the enemy has a sword; terror is on every side.

Jeremiah 29:29 · BSB

(Zephaniah the priest, however, had read this letter to Jeremiah the prophet.)

Cross references adapted from OpenBible.info (CC BY 4.0) and the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge.

In context

2he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

4For this is what the LORD says: ‘I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends. They will fall by the sword of their enemies before your very eyes. And I will hand Judah over to the king of Babylon, and he will carry them away to Babylon and put them to the sword.

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