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Jeremiah 20

Jer. 20:3 KJV (With Strong’s)

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And it came to pass on the morrow
mochorath (Hebrew #4283)
feminine from the same as 4279; the morrow or (adverbially) tomorrow
KJV usage: morrow, next day.
Pronounce: mokh-or-awth'
Origin: or mochoratham (1 Sam. 30:17) {mokh-or-aw- thawm'}
, that Pashur
Pashchuwr (Hebrew #6583)
liberation; Pashchur, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Pashur.
Pronounce: pash-khoor'
Origin: probably from 6582
brought forth
yatsa' (Hebrew #3318)
to go (causatively, bring) out, in a great variety of applications, literally and figuratively, direct and proxim.
KJV usage: X after, appear, X assuredly, bear out, X begotten, break out, bring forth (out, up), carry out, come (abroad, out, thereat, without), + be condemned, depart(-ing, -ure), draw forth, in the end, escape, exact, fail, fall (out), fetch forth (out), get away (forth, hence, out), (able to, cause to, let) go abroad (forth, on, out), going out, grow, have forth (out), issue out, lay (lie) out, lead out, pluck out, proceed, pull out, put away, be risen, X scarce, send with commandment, shoot forth, spread, spring out, stand out, X still, X surely, take forth (out), at any time, X to (and fro), utter.
Pronounce: yaw-tsaw'
Origin: a primitive root
Jeremiah
Yirmyah (Hebrew #3414)
from 7311 and 3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Jeremiah.
Pronounce: yir-meh-yaw'
Origin: or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}
out of the stocks
mahpeketh (Hebrew #4115)
a wrench, i.e. the stocks
KJV usage: prison, stocks.
Pronounce: mah-peh'-keth
Origin: from 2015
. Then said
'amar (Hebrew #559)
to say (used with great latitude)
KJV usage: answer, appoint, avouch, bid, boast self, call, certify, challenge, charge, + (at the, give) command(-ment), commune, consider, declare, demand, X desire, determine, X expressly, X indeed, X intend, name, X plainly, promise, publish, report, require, say, speak (against, of), X still, X suppose, talk, tell, term, X that is, X think, use (speech), utter, X verily, X yet.
Pronounce: aw-mar'
Origin: a primitive root
Jeremiah
Yirmyah (Hebrew #3414)
from 7311 and 3050; Jah will rise; Jirmejah, the name of eight or nine Israelites
KJV usage: Jeremiah.
Pronounce: yir-meh-yaw'
Origin: or Yirmyahuw {yir-meh-yaw'-hoo}
unto him, The Lord
Yhovah (Hebrew #3068)
(the) self-Existent or Eternal; Jehovah, Jewish national name of God
KJV usage: Jehovah, the Lord. Compare 3050, 3069.
Pronounce: yeh-ho-vaw'
Origin: from 1961
hath not called
qara' (Hebrew #7121)
to call out to (i.e. properly, address by name, but used in a wide variety of applications)
KJV usage: bewray (self), that are bidden, call (for, forth, self, upon), cry (unto), (be) famous, guest, invite, mention, (give) name, preach, (make) proclaim(- ation), pronounce, publish, read, renowned, say.
Pronounce: kaw-raw'
Origin: a primitive root (rather identical with 7122 through the idea of accosting a person met)
thy name
shem (Hebrew #8034)
an appellation, as a mark or memorial of individuality; by implication honor, authority, character
KJV usage: + base, (in-)fame(-ous), named(-d), renown, report.
Pronounce: shame
Origin: a primitive word (perhaps rather from 7760 through the idea of definite and conspicuous position; compare 8064)
Pashur
Pashchuwr (Hebrew #6583)
liberation; Pashchur, the name of four Israelites
KJV usage: Pashur.
Pronounce: pash-khoor'
Origin: probably from 6582
, but ζMagor-missabib
Magowr (Hebrew #4036)
affright from around; Magor-mis-Sabib, a symbolic name of Pashur
KJV usage: Magor-missabib.
Pronounce: mic-Cabiyb
Origin: from 4032 and 5439 with the preposition inserted
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i.e. fear round about,
Jer. 20:10• 10{i}For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.{/i} (Jer. 20:10)
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Jer. 6:25• 25{i}Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.{/i} (Jer. 6:25)
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Jer. 46:5• 5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 46:5)
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Psa. 31:13• 13For I have heard the slander of many;{HR}Fear [is] round about when they consult together against me;{HR}They have devised to take my life. (Psa. 31:13)
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Cross References

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Pashur.
Acts 4:5‑7• 5And it came to pass on the morrow that their rulers and elders and scribes
 6were gathered together at Jerusalem, and Annas, the high priest, and Caiaphas, and John, and Alexander, and as many as were of high priestly lineage,
 7and having set them in the midst they enquired, By what power, or in what name, did ye this? (Acts 4:5‑7)
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Acts 16:30,35‑39• 30and led them forth, and said, Sirs, what must I do to be saved?
 35And when it was day the praetors sent the lictors saying, Let those men go.
 36And the jailor reported the saying to Paul, The praetors have sent that ye be let go: now then go out and proceed in peace.
 37But Paul said unto them, They beat us openly uncondemned, men being Romans, and cast us into prison; and now do they cast us out privily? No, indeed, but let themselves come and bring us out.
 38And the lictors announced these words to the praetors; and they were afraid when they heard they were Romans.
 39And on coming they besought them, and bringing out entreated [them] to go out of the city. (Acts 16:30,35‑39)
hath.
Jer. 7:32• 32{i}Therefore, behold, days are coming, saith Jehovah, when it shall no more be said, Topheth, and Valley of the son of Hinnom, but the valley of slaughter; for they shall bury in Topheth, till there be no place.{/i} (Jer. 7:32)
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Jer. 19:2,6• 2{i}and go forth unto the valley of the son of Hinnom, which is by the entry of the pottery-gate, and proclaim there the words that I shall tell thee,{/i}
 6therefore, behold, the days come, saith Jehovah, that this place shall no more be called Tophet, nor the valley of the son of Hinnom, but The valley of slaughter. (Jer. 19:2,6)
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Gen. 17:5,15• 5Neither shall thy name anymore be called Abram, but thy name shall be Abraham; for a father of many nations I have made thee.
 15{i}And God said to Abraham,{/i} As for Sarai thy wife, thou shalt not call her name Sarai; but Sarah shall her name be. (Gen. 17:5,15)
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Gen. 32:28• 28And he said, Not Jacob shall be called henceforth thy name, but Israel; for thou hast wrestled with God and with men, and hast prevailed. (Gen. 32:28)
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Isa. 8:3• 3And I went unto the prophetess; and she conceived, and bare a son. Then said Jehovah unto me, Call his name Maher-shalal-hash-baz. (Isa. 8:3)
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Hos. 1:4‑9• 4And Jehovah said unto him, Call his name Jezreel; for yet a little while, and I will avenge the blood of Jezreel upon the house of Jehu, and will cause to cease the kingdom of the house of Israel.
 5And it shall come to pass at that day, that I will break the bow of Israel in the valley of Jezreel.
 6{i}And she conceived again, and bore a daughter. And he said unto him, Call her name Lo-ruhamah;{/i} for I will no more have mercy upon the house of Israel, {i}so that I should pardon them{/i}.
 7But, I will have mercy upon the house of Judah, and will save them by Jehovah their God, and will not save them by bow, nor by sword, nor by battle, by horses, nor by horsemen.
 8{i}And she weaned Lo-ruhamah; and she conceived and bore a son;{/i}
 9{i}and he said{/i}, Call his name Lo-ammi: for ye are not my people, and I will not be your God. (Hos. 1:4‑9)
Magor-missabib.
this is, Fear round about.
Jer. 20:10• 10{i}For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him.{/i} (Jer. 20:10)
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Jer. 6:25• 25{i}Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for there is the sword of the enemy, terror is on every side.{/i} (Jer. 6:25)
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Jer. 46:5• 5Wherefore have I seen them dismayed and turned away back? and their mighty ones are beaten down, and are fled apace, and look not back: for fear was round about, saith Jehovah. (Jer. 46:5)
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Jer. 29:29• 29And Zephaniah the priest read this letter in the ears of Jeremiah the prophet. (Jer. 29:29)
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Psa. 31:13• 13For I have heard the slander of many;{HR}Fear [is] round about when they consult together against me;{HR}They have devised to take my life. (Psa. 31:13)
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Lam. 2:22• 22Thou hast called as in a solemn day my terrors round about,{HR}So that in the day of Jehovah's anger none escaped nor remained:{HR}Those that I have swaddled and brought up hath mine enemy consumed. (Lam. 2:22)

J. N. Darby Translation

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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-missabiba.

JND Translation Notes

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Meaning, "Terror on every side," as ver. 10; chs. 6.25; 46.5; 49.29; Ps. 31.13; and Lam. 2.22.

W. Kelly Translation

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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.

WK Verse Note

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(Note: Words in italics have been inserted from the J. N. Darby translation where the W. Kelly translation doesn’t exist.)