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TERROR ON EVERY SIDE

The new name (Heb. māgôr missāḇîḇ) which Jeremiah gives to the priest Pashhur to indicate that he would become fearful to his friends and to himself (Jer. 20:3; NRSV “Terror-all-around”). Magor, however, may also mean,“sojourning, dwelling place,” and perhaps even “enmity, attack.” Therefore, it has been suggested that Jeremiah may have been engaging in a multi-faceted play on words, sounds, and ideas when he renamed Pashhur. The phrase occurs elsewhere, expressing a state of extreme danger as personified in one’s enemies (Ps. 31:13[MT 14]; Jer. 6:25; 20:10; 46:5; 49:29; cf. Lam. 2:22).

Bibliography. W. L. Holladay, “The Covenant with the Patriarchs Overturned: Jeremiah’s Intention in ‘Terror on Every Side’ (Jer. 10:1-6),” JBL 91 (1972): 305-20; Jeremiah 1. Herm (Philadelphia, 1986).

David Cleaver-Bartholomew






Eerdmans Dictionary of the Bible (2000)

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