Jeremías 20:3

3 Y el día siguiente Pasur sacó a Jeremías del calabozo. Y le dijo Jeremías: El SEÑOR no ha llamado tu nombre Pasur {Heb. Prosperidad alrededor}, sino Magor-misabib (Heb. Miedo de todas partes).

Jeremías 20:3 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 20:3

And it came to pass on the morrow
After the prophet was put into the stocks; so that he was there all night: that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks;
either to bring him before the priests, or the sanhedrim, to be examined; or in order to dismiss him, being either admonished by his friends, or convicted in his own conscience that he had done a wrong thing; then said Jeremiah unto him;
when he had brought him out, not being at all intimidated by him, and having a word from the Lord for him: the Lord hath not called thy name Pashur;
which, according to Jerom, signifies "blackness of mouth"; and, according to others, "diffusing paleness"; one that terrified others, and made their faces look pale; but now it should be otherwise, and he himself should be filled with terror, and have paleness of thee: but, according to a late etymologist, it signifies one abounding or "increased in liberty" ^F24, who in a little time would become a captive; for it is not suggested hereby that he should no more be called by this name, but that he should be in a condition which would not answer to it, but to another, as follows: but Magormissabib;
or, "fear round about"; signifying that terrors should be all around him, and he in the utmost fright and consternation. The Septuagint version renders it "one removing"; changing from place to place; that is, going into captivity; a stranger and wanderer, as the Syriac version. The Targum is,

``but there shall be gathered together against thee those that kill with the sword round about;''

meaning the Chaldeans, which would make him a "Magormissabib".

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 (vp) "abundantiam" , & (rwx) liberum sonat", Hiller. Onomast. Sacr. p. 302. Paschchur, "auctus libertate", ib. p. 904.

Jeremías 20:3 In-Context

1 Y Pasur sacerdote, hijo de Imer, que presidía por príncipe en la Casa del SEÑOR, oyó a Jeremías que profetizaba estas palabras

2 E hirió Pasur a Jeremías profeta, y lo puso en el calabozo que estaba a la puerta de Benjamín en lo alto, la cual está en la casa del SEÑOR

3 Y el día siguiente Pasur sacó a Jeremías del calabozo. Y le dijo Jeremías: El SEÑOR no ha llamado tu nombre Pasur {Heb. Prosperidad alrededor}, sino Magor-misabib (Heb. Miedo de todas partes).

4 Porque así dijo el SEÑOR: He aquí yo te pondré en espanto a ti, y a todos los que bien te quieren, y caerán por la espada de sus enemigos, y tus ojos lo verán; y a todo Judá entregaré en mano del rey de Babilonia, y los transportará a Babilonia, y los herirá a espada

5 Y daré toda la sustancia de esta ciudad, y todo su trabajo, y todas sus cosas preciosas; y todos los tesoros de los reyes de Judá daré en manos de sus enemigos, y los saquearán, y los tomarán, y los llevarán a Babilonia