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Magor-missabib

From: Concise Bible Dictionary: M

By: George A. Morrish

Symbolical name given by God through Jeremiah to Pashur the priest who had beaten him and placed him in the stocks (Jer. 20:1-3¹Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in the house of the Lord, heard that Jeremiah prophesied these things. ²Then Pashur smote Jeremiah the prophet, and put him in the stocks that were in the high gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the Lord. ³And 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. (Jeremiah 20:1‑3)). In the margin it is “fear round about.” The same Hebrew is translated “fear on every side” in Jeremiah 20:10¹⁰For 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 against him, and we shall take our revenge on him. (Jeremiah 20:10). God would make Pashur a terror to himself and to all his friends. He had prophesied lies, and should die in Babylon (Jer. 20:6⁶And thou, Pashur, and all that dwell in thine house shall go into captivity: and thou shalt come to Babylon, and there thou shalt die, and shalt be buried there, thou, and all thy friends, to whom thou hast prophesied lies. (Jeremiah 20:6)).

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