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In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of
which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13, followed
nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this the re...
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CHAPTER 20
Pashur.-Jeremiah's Perplexity and Complaint
_ 1. Pashur and Jeremiah (Jeremiah 20:1) _
2. Jeremiah's great perplexity and complaint (Jeremiah 20:7)
Jeremiah 20:1. A great scene now
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THE PROPHET'S TROUBLES, HOPES, AND DARK DESPAIR. In passionate protest
against his lot (possibly occasioned by the incident just related)
Jeremiah complains that Yahweh has beguiled him into the work...
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See summary at commencement of section. Cp. Job 3:3-12. The latter
passage is even more vehement than this and also bears traces of
artificiality as compared with this natural and spontaneous outburst...
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Jeremiah 20:7-18. The prophet bitterly complains to God of his lot
The passage opens to us the depths of the prophet's soul, and we see
him in intimate converse with God, and possessed now by the emo...
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_from_ better (with LXX), as shewn by the context, _in_. The
consonants which represent the two prepositions were written similarly
in Hebrew MSS....
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BECAUSE— _Because I was not slain in the womb, so that my mother
might have been my grave, even the womb of her that conceived me, for
ever._
REFLECTIONS.—1st, They who will be zealous for God, and f...
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C. Curse Jeremiah 20:14-18
TRANSLATION
(14) Cursed be the day on which I was born! The day on which my mother
bore me, let it not be blessed! (15) Cursed is the man who brought the
good news to my fa...
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Cursed be the day wherein I was born: let not the day wherein my
mother bare me be blessed.
The contrast between the spirit of this passage and the preceding
thanksgiving to be explained thus: to s...
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1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
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BECAUSE HE SLEW ME NOT... — The wish that he had never been born is
uttered by the prophet in strange, bold language. It would have been
better that the messenger that told that he was born had slain...
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אֲשֶׁ֥ר לֹא ־מֹותְתַ֖נִי מֵ רָ֑חֶם וַ
תְּהִי
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CHAPTER XIII
JEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTION
Jeremiah 20:1
THE prophet has now to endure something more than a scornful rejection
of his message. "And Pashchur ben Immer the priest" (he was chief
officer...
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The story of the persecution which this action stirred up against him
follows. Pashur heard the prophecy, and, smiting the prophet, arrested
and imprisoned him. On the following day Jeremiah, being br...
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Because he slew me not at my birth; or that my mother might have been
my grave, and she had not been (k) delivered.
(k) Meaning that the fruit of it might never come to profit....
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So great a contrast there is between the last verse of the preceding
paragraph and the beginning of this, that I cannot but suppose the
Prophet is not speaking these things of himself. And I the rathe...
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After having denounced his imprecations on his birth-day, and on the
messenger who had wished to convey joy to his father, Jeremiah now
expostulates with God. It hence appears how great was his madnes...
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THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 19 AND 20.
Chapter s 19 and 20 shew us the judgment of Jerusalem announced in
terms that require little explanation; and we have in chapter 20 a
sample of the...
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BECAUSE HE SLEW ME NOT FROM THE WOMB,.... As soon as he came out of
it; that is, as soon as he was born; either because God slew him not
so soon, as Kimchi; or the angel of death, as Jarchi: or rather...
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Because he slew me not from the womb; or that my mother might have
been my grave, and her womb [to be] always great [with me].
Ver. 17. _Because he slew me not, &c._] Why, but is not life a mercy?
A...
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_Cursed be the man_, &c. As in the forms of rejoicing upon a birth-day
they blessed every person and thing concerned in the birth, and said,
_Blessed be the womb that bare thee_, and the like, and he...
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because he, the person who brought the news, SLEW ME NOT FROM THE
WOMB, OR THAT MY MOTHER MIGHT HAVE BEEN MY GRAVE AND HER WOMB TO BE
ALWAYS GREAT WITH ME, so that the prophet would never have seen th...
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The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow...
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14-18 When grace has the victory, it is good to be ashamed of our
folly, to admire the goodness of God, and be warned to guard our
spirits another time. See how strong the temptation was, over which...
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These various expressions do only let us see to what a tide passion
swelled in this good man's heart, and teach us how much need we have
to pray to be delivered from our own passions. Jeremiah's leavi...
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Jeremiah 20:17 kill H4191 (H8790) womb H7358 mother H517 grave H6913
womb H7358 always H5769 enlarged H2030...
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JEREMIAH CURSES THE DAY OF HIS BIRTH (JEREMIAH 20:14).
This passage closes off the section with a heart rending call by
Jeremiah that the day of his birth be cursed, along with all who
assisted in ens...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's first persecution. His complaint to God and
encouragement in God.
CHARACTERS: God, Pashur, Jeremiah, Nebuchadnezzar.
CONCLUSION: Those who declare the whole counsel of God may ex...
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Jeremiah 20:3. _The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur,_ which
signifies security or increase; _but Magormissabib,_ a terror on every
side, or terrors of a captivity. Pashur believed the prophet, ye...
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_An my familiars watched for my halting._
PATHETIC EXPERIENCES
In these verses we have two distinct aspects of human experience.
Within this brief section Jeremiah is on the hill top and in the
deepe...
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CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER. With
chap. 20 the first section of this book closes. Probably this was
Jeremiah’s last public prophecy in Jehoiakim’s reign, and formed
the...
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EXPOSITION
JEREMIAH 20:1
The continuation of the preceding narrative. PASHUR THE SON OF
TRAINER. This man belonged to the sixteenth of the sacerdotal families
or classes (1 Chronicles 24:14). Another...
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Now Pashur (Jeremiah 20:1).
And the name means "prosperity all around."
Now Pashur the son of Immer the priest, who was also chief governor in
the house of the LORD, heard that Jeremiah had prophesie...
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Ecclesiastes 6:3; Job 10:18; Job 10:19; Job 3:10; Job 3:11;...