“And it came to pass on the morrow, that Pashur brought forth Jeremiah out of the stocks. Then said Jeremiah unto him, The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, but Magor–missabib.”
Jeremiah's release after night in the stocks and confrontation of Pashhur represents the prophet's continued faithfulness despite persecution. The renaming of Pashhur as Magor Missabib (Terror Round About) announces that the one who terrorized the prophet will himself experience terror. The symbolic renaming follows the prophetic pattern of announcing judgment through the mechanism of name change. Pashhur's own fear will surround him; he has chosen a path that leads to terror.
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