Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side. Report, say they, and we will report it. All my familiars watched for my halting, saying, Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our revenge on him.

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
heard	שָׁמַ֜עְתִּי sha.Ma'.ti	H8085	to hear intelligently (often with implication of attent… · verb, qal perfect, 1st person common singular
defaming	דִּבַּ֣ת di.Bat	H1681	slander · noun, common feminine singular construct
many	רַבִּים֮ ra.Bim	H7227	abundant (in quantity · adjective, masculine plural absolute
fear	מָג֣וֹר ma.Gor	H4032	a fright (objective or subjective) · noun, common masculine singular absolute
side	מִסָּבִיב֒ mi.sa.Viv	H5439	(as noun) a circle · preposition + noun, common both genders singular absolute
Report	הַגִּ֙ידוּ֙ ha.Gi.du	H5046	properly · verb, hiphil imperative, 2nd person masculine plural
report	וְנַגִּידֶ֔נּוּ ve.na.gi.De.nu	H5046	properly · conjunction + verb, hiphil, 1st person common plural + pronominal suffix, 3rd person masculine singular
familiars	אֱנ֣וֹשׁ 'e.No.osh	H582	a man in general (singly or collectively) · noun, common masculine singular construct
watched	שֹׁמְרֵ֖י sho.me.Rei	H8104	properly · verb, qal active participle, masculine plural construct
halting	צֵלָע tsêlâʻ	H6763	a rib (as curved)
enticed	יְפֻתֶּה֙ ye.fu.Teh	H6601	to open · verb, pual imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
prevail	וְנ֣וּכְלָה ve.Nu.khe.lah	H3201	to be able · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
take	וְנִקְחָ֥ה ve.nik.Chah	H3947	to take (in the widest variety of applications) · conjunction + verb, qal infinitive construct, 1st person common plural
revenge	נִקְמָתֵ֖נוּ nik.ma.Te.nu	H5360	avengement · noun, common feminine singular construct + pronominal suffix

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Cross-references

Psalms 41:9 Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I trusted, which did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me.
Psalms 31:13 For I have heard the slander of many: fear was on every side: while they took counsel together against me, they devised to take away my life…
Isaiah 29:21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Jeremiah 18:18 Then said they, Come, and let us devise devices against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, n…
Psalms 55:13-14 But it was thou, a man mine equal, my guide, and mine acquaintance.
Psalms 64:2-4 Hide me from the secret counsel of the wicked; from the insurrection of the workers of iniquity:
Proverbs 10:18 He that hideth hatred with lying lips, and he that uttereth a slander, is a fool.
Jeremiah 6:25 Go not forth into the field, nor walk by the way; for the sword of the enemy and fear is on every side.

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:7-13

Pashur's doom was to be a terror to himself; Jeremiah, even now, in this hour of temptation, is far from being so; and yet it cannot be denied but that he is here, through the infirmity of the flesh, strangely agitated within himself. Good men are but men at the best. God is not extreme to mark what they say and do amiss, and therefore we must not be so, but make the best of it. In these verses it appears that, upon occasion of the great indignation and injury that Pashur did to Jeremiah, there was a struggle in his breast between his graces and his corruptions. His discourse with himself and with his God, upon this occasion, was somewhat perplexed; let us try to methodize it. I. Here is a s…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 20:10

For--not referring to the words immediately preceding, but to "I will not make mention of Him." The "defaming" or detraction of the enemy on every side (see Psa 31:13) tempted him to think of prophesying no more. Report . . . we will report--The words of his adversaries one to the other; give any information against him (true or false) which will give color for accusing him; and "we will report it," namely, to the Sanhedrim, in order to crush him. familiars--literally, "men of my peace"; those who pretended to be on peaceable terms with me (Psa 41:9). Jeremiah is a type of Messiah, referred to in that Psalm. (See Jer 38:22; Job 19:19; Psa 55:13-14; Luk 11:53-54). watched for my halting…

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John Gill on Jeremiah 20:10

For I heard the defaming of many, fear on every side,.... It was brought to the prophet's ears by some of his friends, how he was defamed by many, and these great and mighty ones, as the word also signifies; how his character was aspersed; his good name taken away; and false and scandalous reports were raised of him from all quarters; which filled him with fear all around, so that he might quickly expect fresh trouble from one side or another; see Psalm 31:13; and this was a reason of his entering into the above resolution to leave off prophesying: though some understand it as an additional reason to the former for going on with it; being not only inwardly pressed to it in spirit, but outwar…

The Church Fathers

"And it became in my heart as a burning fire, blazing in my bones, and I am utterly enfeebled and cannot bear it, because I heard the blame of many gathered round about." The blameless, the blessed Jeremiah (I speak with exception of this small sin and if he committed any other slight thing) was blamed by many. But the blame from the many was for him a commendation with God. For those who blamed him said, "Conspire, and let us all conspire against him, all the men his friends; watch his design, and he will be deceived." They wished to deceive him with another deception, a destructive one, opposite to the deception concerning which he said, "You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived." And these who conspire against him say, "And we shall prevail against him, and we shall take our vengeance upon him." Those convicted for their own sins think they have been wronged, and therefore, supposing they have been wronged, they say, "We shall take our vengeance upon him." Something of this sort those also did who sawed Isaiah asunder; for as though wronged (since the prophecies turned them about and chastised them, convicted them, rebuked them) they sawed him and condemned upon him a sentence of death.
— Origen of Alexandria, HOMILIES ON JEREMIAH 20

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Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah · persecution — persecution
Malice · General scriptures concerning — General scriptures concerning
Revenge · The wicked are earnest after — The wicked are earnest after
Slander · Includes: Defaming — Includes: Defaming
Speaking · EVIL — EVIL

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 20:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 20:10

John Gill on Jeremiah 20:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 20:10

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 20:7-13

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 20:10

John Gill on Jeremiah 20:10

The Church Fathers

Dictionary and topics

John Calvin on Jeremiah 20:10

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 20:7–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 20:10

Rashi on Jeremiah 20:10