Magor-Missabib

Name given by Jeremiah to Pashhur, the chief officer in the house of the Lord. Jeremiah did this because Pashhur put him in stocks for prophesying judgment upon Judah (Jer 19:14–20:2). The name Pashhur means “prosperity round about” and was changed to “terror on every side” (20:3) because Pashhur was to see the horrors of the Babylonian invasion.