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Jeremiah 
Day 
Day 237

"The LORD has not called your name Pashhur"

Text: Jeremiah 20:3

A STRONG RESPONSE TO PASHHUR I

Pashhur had locked Jeremiah up after he had struck him. He must have thought that the prophet would now be compliant after his ordeal. He was sadly mistaken!

“And it happened on the next day
that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks.
Then Jeremiah said to him,
‘The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-Missabib.
For thus says the LORD:
‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends;
and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it.
I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon,
and he shall carry them captive to Babylon and slay them with the sword.””
Jeremiah 20:3-4

1. “And it happened on the next day that Pashhur brought Jeremiah out of the stocks”

a) Jeremiah was released from the stocks.
b) He was brought to Pashhur after his release.

2. “Then Jeremiah said to him, ‘The LORD has not called your name Pashhur, but Magor-Missabib'”

a) The name “Pashhur”:
i) It was a fairly common name.
ii) It means, “Peace,” or “Serenity”.
b) This was a name probably given by his parents.
c) Or he could have adopted this name for himself.
d) Whatever the case, it was not a name that God had given him.
e) God’s name for him was “Magor-Missabib”.
i) It meant “fear on every side”.
ii) It would be the opposite of the name “Pashhur”.

3. “For thus says the LORD: ‘Behold, I will make you a terror to yourself and to all your friends; and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and your eyes shall see it'”

a) Pashhur will experience terror.
b) His friends supporting him would also experience great fear.
c) His friends would be killed by the sword of their enemies.
d) Pashhur would see this happen.

4. “I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he shall carry them captive to Babylon and slay them with the sword”

a) Jeremiah reiterated what he had spoken before.
b) Judah will fall.
c) The king of Babylon would conquer all the land.
d) Two things were highlighted:
i) Some would be carried captive to Babylon.
ii) Others would be slain by the sword.
iii) They could die because of the war.
iv) They could also be executed by order of the king of Babylon.