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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...
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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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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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_dealt wisely_ mg. _prospered_. The Hebrew word includes the notion of
success as the result of wise action....
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See summary at commencement of section. The prophet's courage is
renewed....
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AS A MIGHTY TERRIBLE ONE— _As a warlike hero._...
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B. Conviction Jeremiah 20:11-13
TRANSLATION
(11) But the LORD is with me like a fearsome warrior. Therefore my
persecutors shall stumble and they shall not prevail. They shall be
utterly put to shame...
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But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be
greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting
conf...
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20:11 prospered. (d-29) Or 'not dealt wisely.' see ch. 10.21....
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1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply....
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BUT THE LORD IS WITH ME. — As in Psalms 22 and other like
utterances, the prophet, though perplexed. is yet not in despair (2
Corinthians 4:8). He passes through the deep waters, but struggles out
of...
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וַֽ יהוָ֤ה אֹותִי֙ כְּ גִבֹּ֣ור
עָרִ֔יץ עַל
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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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What a blessed testimony, is it to the truth of the holy scriptures,
that their effects on the souls of God's people, are in all ages the
same. What Jeremiah said, all more or less find, that the word...
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Here the Prophet sets up God’s aid against all the plottings formed
against him. However, then, might perfidious friends on one hand try
privately to entrap him, and open enemies might on the other ha...
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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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BUT THE LORD IS WITH ME AS A MIGHTY TERRIBLE ONE,.... The Targum is,
"the Word of the Lord is for my help.''
"Mighty" to support, uphold, defend, and deliver him; and "terrible"
to his enemies. The...
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But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my
persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be
greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlasting
c...
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_For I heard the defaming of many_ The slanderous, injurious reports
that were raised concerning me; _fear on every side_ Hebrew,
_magor-missabib;_ as if he had said, The name given to Pashur would
ha...
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But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one, as a mighty hero to
defend him; THEREFORE MY PERSECUTORS SHALL STUMBLE, come to grief in
the very way in which they hoped to see the prophet humbled,...
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The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow...
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7-13 The prophet complains of the insult and injury he experienced.
But ver. Jeremiah 20:7 may be read, Thou hast persuaded me, and I was
persuaded. Thou wast stronger than I; and didst overpower me...
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The prophet recovering himself out of his fit of passion, encourageth
himself in his God, whom he calls the MIGHTY and TERRIBLE ONE, so
declaring his faith in the power of God, as one able to save him...
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Jeremiah 20:11 LORD H3068 mighty H1368 One H6184 persecutors H7291
(H8802) stumble H3782 (H8735) prevail H3201
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JEREMIAH IS SO DISTRAUGHT THAT HE BERATES YHWH AND POINTS OUT HOW
TOUGH HE IS FINDING THINGS, AND YET HE ADMITS THAT HE HAS TO SPEAK OUT
WHETHER HE LIKES IT OR NOT BECAUSE YHWH'S WORD IS LIKE A BURNIN...
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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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2 Timothy 4:17; Daniel 12:2; Deuteronomy 32:35; Deuteronomy 32:36;...
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But — The prophet recovering himself out of his fit of passion,
encourageth himself in his God, whom he calls the mighty and terrible
one, so declaring his faith in the power of God, as one able to sa...