MAGOR-MISSABIB mā’ gôr mĭs’ ə bĭb (מָגֹ֖ור מִסָּבִֽיב meaning terror all around). A phrase used extensively by Jeremiah.

Jeremiah in describing the coming of the Chaldean army used this phrase on a number of occasions to press home the terrible truth. In a sermon (Jer 6:25) he says “Go not forth into the field, nor walk on the road; for the enemy has a sword, terror is on every side.” Later Jeremiah named Pashur, the priest who beat him and put him in stocks, Magor-Missabib (20:3, 4). It is the phrase which expresses the theme of Jeremiah’s preaching (cf. Jer 20:10; 46:5; 49:29; Lam 2:22). The phrase appears also in Psalm 31:13.