Jeremiah 20:11 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting confusion shall never be forgotten. ”

• Jeremiah 20:11 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

  In the rest of the chapter we have an outbreak of deep emotion, of which the first part ends in a cry of hope Jeremiah 20:13 , followed nevertheless by curses upon the day of his birth. Was this t...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  (g) But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlast...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Prophet's Troubles, Hopes, and Dark Despair. In passionate protest against his lot (possibly occasioned by the incident just related) Jeremiah complains that Yahweh has beguiled him into the wo...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  Here the Prophet sets up God’s aid against all the plottings formed against him. However, then, might perfidious friends on one hand try privately to entrap him, and open enemies might on the o...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

  As a mighty terrible one— As a warlike hero.

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  But the LORD is with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: their everlasting...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  1-6. Pashur's act and Jeremiah's reply.

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

  But the Lord is with me. — As in Psalms 22 and other like utterances, the prophet, though perplexed. is yet not in despair ( 2 Corinthians 4:8 ). He passes through the deep waters, but struggles...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XIII JEREMIAH UNDER PERSECUTION Jeremiah 20:1-18 THE prophet has now to endure something more than a scornful rejection of his message. "And Pashchur ben Immer the priest" (he was chie...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  The story of the persecution which this action stirred up against him follows. Pashur heard the prophecy, and, smiting the prophet, arrested and imprisoned him. On the following day Jeremiah, being b...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  What a blessed testimony, is it to the truth of the holy scriptures, that their effects on the souls of God's people, are in all ages the same. What Jeremiah said, all more or less find, that the wor...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  But the Lord is with me as a mighty terrible one ,.... The Targum is, "the Word of the Lord is for my help.'' "Mighty" to support, uphold, defend, and deliver him; and "terrible" to his enemies. T...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  But the LORD [is] with me as a mighty terrible one: therefore my persecutors shall stumble, and they shall not prevail: they shall be greatly ashamed; for they shall not prosper: [their] everlasting...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  For I heard the defaming of many The slanderous, injurious reports that were raised concerning me; fear on every side Hebrew, magor-missabib; as if he had said, The name given to Pashur would h...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  The Prophet's Impatient Appeal. B. C. 600.       7 O L ORD , thou hast deceived me, and I wa...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  The prophet recovering himself out of his fit of passion, encourageth himself in his God, whom he calls the mighty and terrible one, so declaring his faith in the power of God, as one able to sav...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

  Jeremiah Is So Distraught That He Berates YHWH And Points Out How Tough He Is Finding Things, And Yet He Admits That He Has To Speak Out Whether He Likes It Or Not Because YHWH's Word Is Like A Burn...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter . With chap. 20 the first section of this book closes. Probably this was Jeremiah’s last public prophecy in Jehoiakim’s reign, and formed...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 20:3 . The Lord hath not called thy name Pashur, which signifies security or increase; but Magormissabib, a terror on every side, or terrors of a captivity. Pashur believed the prophet,...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - The Biblical Illustrator

  An my familiars watched for my halting. Pathetic experiences In these verses we have two distinct aspects of human experience. Within this brief section Jeremiah is on the hill top and in the d...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION Jeremiah 20:1 The continuation of the preceding narrative. Pashur the son of Trainer. This man belonged to the sixteenth of the sacerdotal families or classes ( 1 Chronicles 24...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  The Prophet's Joy and Sorrow

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  2 Timothy 4:17 ; Daniel 12:2 ; Deuteronomy 32:35 ; Deuteronomy 32:36 ; Isaiah 41:10 ; Isaiah 41:14 ; Isaiah 45:16 ; Jeremiah 1:19 ; Jeremiah 1:8 ; Jeremiah 15:20 ; Jeremiah 17:18 ; Jeremi...

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• Jeremiah 20:11 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  But — The prophet recovering himself out of his fit of passion, encourageth himself in his God, whom he calls the mighty and terrible one, so declaring his faith in the power of God, as one able to...

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