Pashur was the son of Immer and a temple overseer in Jerusalem. He is known for striking the prophet Jeremiah and putting him in stocks at the Benjamin Gate because he prophesied about the fall of Jerusalem. Jeremiah gave him a new name, Magor-Missabib, which means 'terror on every side'.
Pashur heard Jeremiah's prophecies about the destruction of Jerusalem and responded by striking the prophet and placing him in stocks at the upper Benjamin Gate in the temple.
3The next morning, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him: "The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side." [footnote: Hebrew Magor-Missabib, 'Terror on Every Side'; the same phrase recurs in verse 10.]
Jeremiah gave Pashur a new name, Magor-Missabib ('terror on every side'), as a prophecy that he and all his friends would become a terror to themselves.
3The next morning, when Pashhur released him from the stocks, Jeremiah said to him: "The LORD does not call you Pashhur, but Terror on Every Side." [footnote: Hebrew Magor-Missabib, 'Terror on Every Side'; the same phrase recurs in verse 10.]
4For this is what the LORD says: I am making you a terror to yourself and to all who love you. They will fall by the sword of their enemies while your own eyes look on. All Judah I will hand over to the king of Babylon, who will carry them off to Babylon and strike them down with the sword.
Jeremiah prophesied that Pashur and his entire household would be taken to Babylon, and that he would die there and be buried with all his friends for whom he had prophesied lies.
5I will hand over all the wealth of this city, all its earnings, all its treasures, and all the riches of the kings of Judah to their enemies. They will plunder them, seize them, and carry them off to Babylon.
6And you, Pashhur, and all who live in your house will go into exile. You will go to Babylon, and there you will die, and there you will be buried—you and all who love you, to whom you prophesied lies."