Jérémie 20:4

La Bible David Martin

Car ainsi a dit l'Eternel : voici, je vais te livrer à la frayeur, toi, et tous tes amis, qui tomberont par l'épée de leurs ennemis, et tes yeux le verront; je livrerai tous ceux de Juda entre les mains du Roi de Babylone, qui les transportera à Babylone, et les frappera avec l'épée.

Parallel Translations

La Bible Ostervald (1996)
Car ainsi a dit l'Éternel: Voici, je te livrerai à la frayeur, toi et tous tes amis; ils tomberont par l'épée de leurs ennemis, et tes yeux le verront. Je livrerai aussi tout Juda entre les mains du roi de Babylone. Il les transportera à Babylone, et les frappera de l'épée.

Darby's French Translation
Car ainsi dit l'Éternel: Voici, je te ferai être une terreur pour toi et pour tous ceux qui t'aiment; et ils tomberont par l'épée de leurs ennemis, et tes yeux le verront; et je livrerai tout Juda en la main du roi de Babylone, et il les transportera à Babylone, et les frappera de l'épée.

Louis Segond (1910)
Car ainsi parle l'Eternel: Voici, je te livrerai à la terreur, toi et tous tes amis; ils tomberont par l'épée de leurs ennemis, et tes yeux le verront. Je livrerai aussi tout Juda entre les mains du roi de Babylone, qui les emmènera captifs à Babylone et les frappera de l'épée.

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

I will make: Deuteronomy 28:65-67, Job 18:11-21, Job 20:23-26, Psalms 73:19, Ezekiel 26:17-21, Matthew 27:4, Matthew 27:5

thine: Jeremiah 29:21, Jeremiah 39:6, Jeremiah 39:7, Deuteronomy 28:32-34, 1 Samuel 2:33, 2 Kings 25:7

I will give: Jeremiah 19:15, Jeremiah 21:4-10, Jeremiah 25:9, Jeremiah 32:27-31

Reciprocal: Genesis 4:12 - a fugitive Leviticus 26:16 - terror 1 Kings 13:4 - his hand 2 Kings 7:6 - the Lord Job 20:25 - terrors Psalms 31:13 - fear Proverbs 28:1 - wicked Jeremiah 6:25 - the sword Jeremiah 20:6 - thy friends Jeremiah 39:9 - carried Jeremiah 46:5 - fear Jeremiah 49:5 - I will Jeremiah 49:29 - Fear

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For thus saith the, Lord, behold, I will make thee a terror to thyself, and to all thy friends,.... This is an interpretation of the name given, "Magormissabib": and shows that it was not a mere name he had, but that he should be in fact what that signifies; his conscience should be filled with terror at the judgments of God coming upon him for his sins; and which could not be concealed in his own breast from others, but he should be seized with such tremblings and shakings, and be such a spectacle of horror, that his own familiar friends, instead of delighting in his company, would shun it, and run away from him: unless this terror is to be understood of the Chaldean army, which should not only terrify him, but his friends, in whom he placed his confidence; these would be thrown into such a consternation, as not to be able to help him or themselves; to which the following words agree:

and they shall fall by the sword of their enemies, and thine eyes shall behold [it]; which would be an aggravation of the calamity, that not only he should be deprived of their assistance, but that they should fall into and by the hands of the Babylonians, and in his sight also:

and I will give all Judah into the hand of the king of Babylon; the whole land, and the inhabitants of it:

and he shall carry them captive into Babylon, and shall slay them with the sword; being in his hands, he shall do as he pleases with them, either carry them captive, or slay them; and some he will dispose of one way, and some another.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A terror to thyself, and to all thy friends - Jeremiah plays upon the meaning of Magormissabib saying that Pusbur would be a terror to all around. It is remarkable that he prophesies no evil of Pashur Jeremiah 20:6. His was to be the milder fate of being carried into captivity with Jehoiachin, and dying peaceably at Babylon Jeremiah 20:6, whereas his successor Zephaniah was put to death at Riblah Jeremiah 52:24, Jeremiah 52:27. His punishment probably consisted in this. He had prophesied “lies.” When then he saw the dreadful slaughter of his countrymen, Jehoiakim put to death, his young son dragged into captivity, and the land stripped of all that was best, his conscience so condemned him as the guilty cause of such great misery that in the agonies of remorse he became a terror to himself and his friends.