The prophet closes his psalm-like monologue with an act of faith. He remembers that he has a Champion who is mightier than a thousand enemies. Iahvah is with him, not with them (cf. 2 Kings vi. 16); their plots, therefore, are foredoomed to failure, and themselves to the vengeance of a righteous God (xi. 20). The last words are an exultant anticipation of deliverance.
We thus see that the whole piece, like a previous one (xv. 10-21), begins with cursing and ends with an assurance of blessing.
[82] The name is probably a quadriliteral from פשח, [Arabic: **] Ethiopic ተፋሥሐ "to be glad," Assyrian [Assyrian: **] _pashâchu_ "to be at ease," "to rest," (which comes nearest to the Hebrew root). The Arabic verb means "The place was roomy, wide, ample"; whence [Arabic: **] "free from distress or narrowness of mind." Thus Pashchur = "case," "tranquillity," and is formed like Achbor, _kaphtor_, "a capital," (LXX. Pashchor). But the name might remind a Hebrew of the root פוש "to leap," "prance," Jer. l. 11, and חר "free" (plur. only), as if it were a compound of _pāsh_ and _chōr_. "Glad and free:" cf. the LXX. vocalisation Πασχώρ. I think this popular etymology pash + chor is probably what Jeremiah thought of.
[83] Ex. xii. 33; Isa. viii. 11; Ezek. iii. 14; Jer. xv. 17.
[84] vi. 11 (or, of enduring, Mal. iii. 2).
[85] 'Denounce ye, and we will denounce him!'
Transcriber's Notes:
Obvious punctuation and spelling errors have been fixed throughout.
Inconsistent hyphenation left as in the original text.
Footnote 31: This footnote was originally an author's note. Converted to a footnote for ease of reference.
Footnote 78: There is no anchor for this in the original text, left as in the original.