© Topher, which they had made a place of barbarous Slaughter for the } had deſigned any form:1 cbarge againſt bim. + He had itlcemeth
no more to ſay to Feremiah, bur Jeremiah, ( to whom God had ap« peared in the Priſon that Night, while he was ſeparated from Communion with Men, and revealed to him, what end this hot-headed Prieſt ſhould come to) bad ſomething to ſay to him. God's meaning was, not that he ſhould by Men be no longer cal- led Paſhur ( for doubtleſs after this he was called dy the ſame Name- he had before ( but his ſtate and condition ſhou'd not anſwer the Name Paſhur, which ſign fi:s, as ſome ſay, a-noble flouriſhing Prieſt; or, as ethers, one who by his Authoriry maketk otters to tremble; but Magor-miſſabib, that is, fear and terror on all ſides.
4 For thus faith the LORD, Behold, I will make thee a terror to thy ſelf, and to all thy friends, and they ſhall fall by the ſword of their enemies, and thine eyes ſhall behold ir, and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon, and he ſhall carry them captive into BabyJon, and ſhall ſlay .them with che
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i God now expoundeth the Name of Magor=miſſabib, threatning to fill this wicked Prieſt with Terrors, that he and all his friends fhould be affrighted, reflecting upon his moſt miſerable ſtate, and condition ; and his Friends from whom ke might pcflibly expecc ſome relief, ſhould be as miſerable as he, and it ſhould be an addis tion to his miſery, that his Eyes ſhould fee it, and ſee his whole Country ruined, ſome being ſlain by the ſword of the King of Baby- los, others by him carried into Captivity. : 5 Moreover, I will deliver * all the ſtrength of this
city k, and all the labours thereof 7, and all the preci- ous things thereof, and all the treaſures of the king of Judah »,, will I give into the hand of their enemies, which (hall ſpoil them, and take them, and carry
them to Babylon ».
k This is but the repitition of what Ged had often threatned, viz. The perfect ruine of Hieruſalem, and the Land of Judah, their Military Men, or rather their Riches. / And all the fruit of their Labours. #» And whatſoever was valuable in their eye<, Or 1n the eyes of the greateſt perſons amongſt them, » The Baty/onians
ſhould make a ſpuil, and a prey of them all. 6 Ang
Law. Certain it is he was no Kigh Prieſt, for then he could nor
iah, 1 Kings 22. 24.e We are as Certain what is here meant by Stocks,
as we read in 1 Chron. 24. 14. Poſhur was his Son, that is deſcended from him through many Generations. 6 Ir isneither much materi. eaſie to determine in whar ſenſe he is
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6 And thou Paſhur, and all that dwell in thine houſe Mall go into captivity, and thou ſhalt come to Baby- lon, and there thou ſhalt die, and italc be buried there, thou and all thy friends, to whom thou haſt
propheſied lyes 0.
o Thoſz thar teach others. to diſobey the Commandments of God, ſ:ldom eſcape that Vengeance which cometh upon them who are ſeduced by them. Paſhyr was one whoſe Office ic was to have taught others the Fear of the Lord, and obedience tro his Will, he teacheth them what was falſe, and is not patient to hear the Will of God. Jeremiab'tel!s him he ſhould feel the Truth of it, for he himſelf ſhould be one of thoſe who ſhou!d be carried into Captivi- ty, nd ſhou!d die there, out of his own Country, and be buried there, and this alſo thould be the portion of all his Friends whom he had ſeduced by his falſe and lying Prophecies.
7 O LORD, thou haſt deceived me, and I was || deceived p: thou art ſtronger than I, and haſt prevail- edgq: Tam in deriſion daily, every one mocketh mer.
p The following part of the Chapter ro the end of it, containeth a Complaint or Prayer of the Prophet unto God, made ( as ſome think ) during his Impriionment by Pa(hur, but the certain time is no: known, Our Tranſlators here might have tranſlated the word NINA more favourably than thou haft deceived me. It might have been thou haſt perſwaded me, or thou haſt ailured, or inticed me, as it is tranſlated, Jud. 14. 15. © K'ng. 22. 2Ig 22. £x04, 22, 16, Prov. 1. 10. and 16. 29. Pſal. 78. 36. The word ſignifies no more than by words to remvve a Man from his own Opinion. That is doubt- Je(*, the ſenſe here, Lord, I was not fond of this employment as a Prophet, by thy words I was removed from my own Opinion of my ſelf, which might be ſpoken by the Propner withour any refle&ion upon God ; it only ſignifierh his undertaking the Offire of a Pro- pher at God's Command, not out of any anbition of his own.
q But thou prevailedft againſt me, Feremy at firſt excuſed himſelf }
to God,as we read,Chap. 1. 6. He ſaid, 4h Lord God,be/old I am a child and cann-t ſp:ak; but che Lord prevailed upon him, replying, Ver. 7. Say not, Tama child, for thou ſhalt go to all that I ſhall ſ-nd thee, 'and wharſocvcr 1 command thee thou ſhale ſpeak. Ver. 9, The Lord put forth his hand, and rouched his mouth, and ſaid, Behold 1 have put ny words in thy mouth. This is all that is hear meant by deceiving, wvizs Gods over-raling of hin contrary to his own inclicarions. r He complaineth that now he was inthis Office, every one mock'd him,and derided him, and that for the faithful diſcharge of that Office, . to which God had called him. :
$ For ſince I ſpake, I cryed out /, I cried violence, and ſpoil r, becaufe the word of the LORD was made
a reproach unto me, and a derifion daily «.
{ If the particle be tranſlated fince, as we tranſlate, It the mean- Ing is, ſince I firſt began to be a Prophet, I have faithfully diſ-
charged my Propherical Office, and that with ſom= warmth and
zeal. t Some underſtand ir of the violence whic: he himſelf expe» |