CHAPTER XX _Jeremiah, on account of his prophesying evil concerning Judah_ _and Jerusalem, is beaten and imprisoned by Pashur, chief_ _governor of the temple_, 1, 2. _On the following day the prophet is released, who denounces the_ _awful judgments of God which should fall upon the governor and... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:2. _PUT HIM IN THE STOCKS_] Probably such a place near the gate as we term the _lock-up_, the _coal-hole_; or it may mean a sort of _dungeon_.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:3. _THE LORD HATH NOT CALLED THY NAME PASHUR_] Security on all sides. This name thou hast had, but not by Divine appointment. _But Magor-missabib _- Fear on every side. This name hath God given thee; because, in the course of his providence, thou shalt be placed in the circumstanc... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:6. _AND THOU, PASHUR - SHALL GO INTO CAPTIVITY_] Thou shalt suffer for the false prophecies which thou hast delivered, and for thy insults to my prophet.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:7. _O LORD, THOU HAST DECEIVED ME_] Thou hast promised me protection; and, lo! I am now delivered into the hands of my enemies. These words were probably spoken when Pashur smote him, and put him in prison. I think our translation of this passage is very exceptionable. My old Bib... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:8. _I CRIED VIOLENCE AND SPOIL_] This was the burden of the message thou didst give me.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:9. _I WILT NOT MAKE MENTION OF HIM_] I will renounce the prophetic office, and return to my house. _AS A BURNING FIRE SHUT UP IN MY BONES_] He felt stings of conscience for the hasty and disobedient resolution he had formed; he felt ashamed of his own weakness, that did not confid... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:10. _REPORT - AND WE WILL REPORT IT._] Let us spread calumnies against him every where; or let us spread reports of dangers coming upon him, that we may intimidate him, and cause him to desist.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:11. _BUT THE LORD_ IS _WITH ME AS A MIGHTY TERRIBLE ONE_] Thus was he, by his strong confidence in the strong God, delivered from all his fears, and enabled to go on comfortably with his work.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:13. _SING UNTO THE LORD_] He was so completely delivered from all fear, that although he remained in the same circumstances, yet he exults in the Divine protection, and does not fear the face of any adversary.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:14. _CURSED_ BE _THE DAY WHEREIN I WAS BORN_] If we take these words _literally_, and suppose them to be in their proper place, they are utterly inconsistent with that state of confidence in which he exulted a few minutes before. If they are the language of Jeremiah, they must hav... [ Continue Reading ]
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.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:16. _AND LET HIM HEAR THE CRY_] Let him be in continual alarms.... [ Continue Reading ]
Verse Jeremiah 20:18. _WHEREFORE CAME I FORTH_] It would have been well had I never been born, as I have neither comfort in my life, nor comfort in my work.... [ Continue Reading ]