not called thy name Pashur. Pashhur is the foreign Aramaic name, given by his parents. Jeremiah takes this Aramaic name and interprets it in Hebrew (as Isaiah had done in Jeremiah 8:1; Jeremiah 8:3). Pash = to stay (or remain on), gur = to sojourn or wander about in. strange land. Aramaean sehor. Hebrew. sabib. Hence, "Thy name is not staying on, but wandering about. " Compare Jeremiah 20:3 with Jeremiah 20:6. The opposite of Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:3.
Magor-missabib. Hebrew. Magor- missabib = terror-round about, or fear on every side. Compare Jeremiah 20:10; Jeremiah 6:25; Jeremiah 46:5, &c.