Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 20:5
All the strength - “All the stores.”
The labors - The gains of the citizens.
All the strength - “All the stores.”
The labors - The gains of the citizens.
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
JEREMIAH 19:1 TO JEREMIAH 20:6. THE EARTHENWARE FLASK; JEREMIAH IN THE STOCKS. This section seems to be editorially grouped with the last because of the further reference to pottery; the original prop...
STRENGTH. power, or might. Hebrew. _hasen._ Not the same word as in Jeremiah 20:7. Put by Figure of speech _Metonymy_ (of Effect), for the wealth acquired by strength....
MOREOVER, I WILL DELIVER, &C.— It will, I think, tend much to illustrate this passage, and the corresponding conduct of the Babylonian monarch, related Exodus 24:12 if I here cite the words of a celeb...
C. The Arrest of the Prophet Jeremiah 19:14 to Jeremiah 20:6 TRANSLATION (14) And Jeremiah went from Topheth where the LORD had sent him to prophesy and he stood in the court of the house of the LORD...
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their...
1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
ALL THE STRENGTH. — i.e., the treasure or “substance” of the city....
וְ נָתַתִּ֗י אֶת ־כָּל ־חֹ֨סֶן֙ הָ עִ֣יר
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...
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...
Observe, what holy and becoming boldness in the man of God. Observe what an awful judgment Pashur is doomed to suffer. Magor-missabib, means, being encompassed with fear round about, as a girdle. It i...
He goes on with the same subject, but amplifies what he had said in order to confirm it. At the same time there is no doubt but that Pashur was more exasperated when he heard these grievous threatenin...
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...
MOREOVER, I WILL DELIVER ALL THE STRENGTH OF THIS CITY,.... The fortifications of it; its towers, as the Syriac version; the riches of it, as the Targum; all its magazines and stores, in which its str...
Moreover I will deliver all the strength of this city, and all the labours thereof, and all the precious things thereof, and all the treasures of the kings of Judah will I give into the hand of their...
_Jeremiah said, The Lord hath not called_ Rather, _doth not call thy name Pashur; but Magor-missabib_ That is, _Terror on every side_, or, _Terror to all around_, as the name is explained in the next...
V. 1. NOW, PASHUR, THE SON OF IMMER, THE PRIEST, WHO WAS ALSO CHIEF GOVERNOR IN THE HOUSE OF THE LORD, the highest commander of the Temple-watch, who was superior even to the captains of the individua...
Moreover, I will deliver all the strength of this city, the total resources of the capital city, AND ALL THE LABORS THEREOF, what they had gained in the course of time, the uncounted material wealth,...
1-6 Pashur smote Jeremiah, and put him in the stocks. Jeremiah was silent till God put a word into his mouth. To confirm this, Pashur has a name given him, "Fear on every side." It speaks a man not o...
This is but the repetition of what God bad often threatened, viz. the perfect ruin of Jerusalem, and the land of Judah. ALL THE STRENGTH OF THIS CITY; their military men, or rather their riches. AND A...
Jeremiah 20:5 deliver H5414 (H8804) wealth H2633 city H5892 produce H3018 things H3366 treasures H214 kings H4428 J
JEREMIAH'S ACTIONS PRODUCE A VIOLENT RESPONSE FROM THE RELIGIOUS AUTHORITIES, RESULTING IN JEREMIAH PROPHESYING WHAT WOULD HAPPEN TO HIS ADVERSARIES BECAUSE OF THEIR BEHAVIOUR (JEREMIAH 20:1). The res...
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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 20:5 I WILL GIVE. God, not Babylon, is the ruler. ALL THE TREASURES. In the palace and temple. CARRY THEM TO BABYLON. Treasure, people, and the...
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...
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...
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...
2 Chronicles 36:10; 2 Chronicles 36:17; 2 Kings 20:17; 2 Kings 20:18;...