15. To what did Jehovah change Pashʹhur’s name, and with what prophetic significance?

¹⁵ The next day, after Pashʹhur released Jeremiah, Jehovah had a message for Pashʹhur. His name is a combination of two Hebrew words Pash and Hhur. Together these words are understood to mean “What Is Left Over Round About.” So, playing upon the idea of the name Pashʹ- hur, Jehovah inspired Jeremiah to change the name:

“Jehovah has called your name, not Pashʹ- hur, but Fright all around [Magormissabib, Hebrew].

Jehovah changed Pashʹ- hur’s name to Magormissabib, meaning “Fright All Around.” Such “fright” was to be in connection with the horrifying destruction in 607 B.C.E. Also, Pashʹ- hur was doomed to die captive in Babylon. As for today’s imitators of Pashʹhur, this clerical class was exposed and doomed to eternal destruction.