Jeremiah 20:3
ContextNETBible | But the next day Pashhur released Jeremiah from the stocks. When he did, Jeremiah said to him, “The Lord’s name for you is not ‘Pashhur’ but ‘Terror is Everywhere.’ 1 |
XREF | Ge 17:5,15; Ge 32:28; Ps 31:13; Isa 8:3; Jer 6:25; Jer 7:32; Jer 19:2,6; Jer 20:10; Jer 29:29; Jer 46:5; La 2:22; Ho 1:4-9; Ac 4:5-7; Ac 16:30,35-39 |
NET © Notes |
1 tn This name is translated rather than transliterated to aid the reader in understanding this name and connect it clearly with the explanation that follows in the next verse. For a rather complete discussion on the significance of this name and an attempt to explain it as a pun on the name “Pashhur” see J. A. Thompson, Jeremiah (NICOT), 455, n. 35. sn The name Pashhur is essentially a curse pronounced by Jeremiah invoking the |