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Verse Jeremiah 20:15. _A MAN CHILD IS BORN_] _Borun is to thee a
knave_ _child._-Old MS. Bible. This is the old English word for _man_
or _servant_; and is so used by _Wiclif_, Revelation 12:5....
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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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MAN CHILD. a son,. male. Compare Revelation 12:5....
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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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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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"No man of course can curse his father or his mother, so Jeremiah
curses the messenger, who brought the joyful news from the women's
quarters." Du....
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CURSED BE THE DAY, &C.— See the note on Jeremiah 20:7. These verses
are so like those in Job 3:3 that they seem to have been borrowed
thence. The sentiments are the same, and the expressions not great...
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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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MAKING HIM VERY GLAD. — The memory, or rather the thought of that
day, the joy of father and another when their child was born (John
16:21) was wanted, as in the irony of destiny, to add the keenest p...
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אָר֣וּר הָ אִ֗ישׁ אֲשֶׁ֨ר בִּשַּׂ֤ר
אֶת ־אָבִ
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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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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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We said yesterday that the Prophet’s confused state of mind is
described in this passage; for he would have no doubt himself
confessed, that he was carried away by an intemperate feeling, so as
not to...
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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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CURSED [BE] THE MAN WHO BROUGHT TIDINGS TO MY FATHER,.... The word
signifies commonly good tidings, as the news of a child born, and
especially a man child, is to its parent. The Septuagint use the sa...
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Cursed [be] the man who brought tidings to my father, saying, A man
child is born unto thee; making him very glad.
Ver. 15. _Cursed be the man._] Let him have a curse for a reward of
his so good news...
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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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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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Parents are usually rejoiced when a son is born to them....
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Jeremiah 20:15 man H376 cursed H779 (H8803) news H1319 (H8765) father
H1 saying H559 (H8800) male...
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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...