Jeremías 20:4

4 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: “Te voy a convertir en terror para ti mismo y para tus amigos, los cuales caerán bajo la espada de sus enemigos, y tú mismo lo verás. Entregaré a todo Judá en manos del rey de Babilonia, el cual los deportará a Babilonia o los matará a filo de espada.

Jeremías 20:4 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 20:4

For thus saith the, Lord, behold, I will make thee a terror to
thyself, and to all thy friends
This is an interpretation of the name given, "Magormissabib": and shows that it was not a mere name he had, but that he should be in fact what that signifies; his conscience should be filled with terror at the judgments of God coming upon him for his sins; and which could not be concealed in his own breast from others, but he should be seized with such tremblings and shakings, and be such a spectacle of horror, that his own familiar friends, instead of delighting in his company, would shun it, and run away from him: unless this terror is to be understood of the Chaldean army, which should not only terrify him, but his friends, in whom he placed his confidence; these would be thrown into such a consternation, as not to be able to help him or themselves; to which the following words agree: and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes
shall behold [it];
which would be an aggravation of the calamity, that not only he should be deprived of their assistance, but that they should fall into and by the hands of the Babylonians, and in his sight also: and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon;
the whole land, and the inhabitants of it: and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with
the sword;
being in his hands, he shall do as he pleases with them, either carry them captive, or slay them; and some he will dispose of one way, and some another.

Jeremías 20:4 In-Context

2 mandó que golpearan al profeta Jeremías y que lo colocaran en el cepo ubicado en la puerta alta de Benjamín, junto a la casa del SEÑOR.

3 A la mañana siguiente, cuando Pasur liberó a Jeremías del cepo, Jeremías le dijo: «El SEÑOR ya no te llama Pasur, sino “Terror por todas partes”.

4 Porque así dice el SEÑOR: “Te voy a convertir en terror para ti mismo y para tus amigos, los cuales caerán bajo la espada de sus enemigos, y tú mismo lo verás. Entregaré a todo Judá en manos del rey de Babilonia, el cual los deportará a Babilonia o los matará a filo de espada.

5 Además, pondré en manos de sus enemigos toda la riqueza de esta ciudad, todos sus productos y objetos de valor, y todos los tesoros de los reyes de Judá, para que los saqueen y se los lleven a Babilonia.

6 Y tú, Pasur, irás al cautiverio de Babilonia junto con toda tu familia. Allí morirás, y allí serás enterrado, con todos tus amigos, a quienes les profetizabas mentiras”».