The next day, Pashhur released Jeremiah from the cell.But Jeremiah said to him, “GOD has named you not Pashhur, but Magor-missabib.bMagor-missabib I.e., “Terror all around”; cf. v. 10.
For thus said GOD: I am going to deliver you and all your friends over to terror: they will fall by the sword of their enemies while you look on. I will deliver all Judah into the hands of the king of Babylon; he will exile them to Babylon or put them to the sword.
And I will deliver all the wealth, all the riches, and all the prized possessions of this city, and I will also deliver all the treasures of the kings of Judah into the hands of their enemies: they shall seize them as plunder and carry them off to Babylon.
As for you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house, you shall go into captivity. You shall come to Babylon; there you shall die and there you shall be buried, and so shall all your friends to whom you prophesied falsely.”
Word-by-Word Analysis
ואתה
412
פשחור
594
וכל
56
ישבי
322
ביתך
432
תלכו
456
בשבי
314
ובבל
40
תבוא
409
ושם
346
תמות
846
ושם
346
תקבר
702
אתה
406
וכלאהביך
94
אשרנבאת
954
להם
75
בשקרפ
682
Jeremiah 20:7
Gematria: 3688
פתיתנייהוהואפתחזקתניותוכלהייתילשחוקכלהיוםכלהלעגלי
You enticed me, O ETERNAL One, and I was enticed;You overpowered me and You prevailed.I have become a constant laughingstock,Everyone jeers at me.
I thought, “I will not mention it,No more will I speak in God’s name”—But [the divine word] was like a raging fire in my heart,Shut up in my bones;I could not hold it in, I was helpless.
I heard the whispers of the crowd—Terror all around:“Inform! Let us inform against him!”All my [supposed] friendsAre waiting for me to stumble:“Perhaps he can be entrapped,And we can prevail against himAnd take our vengeance on him.”
But GOD is with me like a mighty warrior;Therefore my persecutors shall stumble;They shall not prevail and shall not succeed.They shall be utterly shamedWith a humiliation for all time,Which shall not be forgotten.
Let that man become like the citiescthe cities I.e., Sodom and Gomorrah; cf. Gen. 19.24–25. That GOD overthrew without relenting!Let him hear shrieks in the morningAnd battle shouts at noontide—
Word-by-Word Analysis
והיה
26
האיש
316
ההוא
17
כערים
340
אשרהפך
606
יהוה
26
ולא
37
נחם
98
ושמע
416
זעקה
182
בבקר
304
ותרועה
687
בעת
472
צהרים
345
Jeremiah 20:17
Gematria: 3560
אשרלאמותתנימרחםותהיליאמיקבריורחמההרתעולם
Because [God]d[God] Or “he,” i.e., the message-bearer of vv. 15–16. did not kill me before birthSo that my mother might be my grave,And her womb big [with me] for all time.
Word-by-Word Analysis
אשר
501
לאמותתני
937
מרחם
288
ותהילי
461
אמי
51
קברי
312
ורחמה
259
הרת
605
עולם
146
Jeremiah 20:18
Gematria: 2654
למהזהמרחםיצאתילראותעמלויגוןויכלובבשתימיפ
Why did I ever issue from the womb,To see misery and woe,To spend all my days in shame!