Commentary Critical and Explanatory
Jeremiah 39:12
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Look well to him - Hebrew, set thine eyes upon him; provide for his well-being.
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
Look well to him - Hebrew, set thine eyes upon him; provide for his well-being.
Verse Jeremiah 39:12. _TAKE HIM - LOOK WELL TO HIM_] Nebuchadnezzar had heard that this prophet had foretold his capture of the city, and had frequently used all his influence to induce Zedekiah to pa...
CHAPTER 39 _ 1. The fall of Jerusalem and the fate of Zedekiah (Jeremiah 39:1) _ 2. Nebuchadnezzar's kindness to Jeremiah (Jeremiah 39:10) 3. Ebed-melech's reward (Jeremiah 39:15)...
THE FALL OF JERUSALEM: JEREMIAH SPARED. This paragraph well illustrates the growth of the OT text; _cf._ 2 Kings 25:1 (also reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4, from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and...
LOOK WELL TO HIM. Not the first, rejected by the Jews, who was honoured by the Gentiles....
If we are to accept this as historical (see introd. note to ch.), Nebuchadnezzar's action was due to the fact that Jeremiah had consistently throughout counselled submission to him on the part of the...
See introd. summary to the section....
D. The Command of Nebuchadnezzar Jeremiah 39:11-14 TRANSLATION (11) Now Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, had commanded Nebuzaradan the commander of the guard concerning Jeremiah, saying, (12) Take hi...
39:12 eye (c-6) Strictly, 'set thine eyes.'...
THE CAPTURE OF JERUSALEM (11TH YEAR OF ZEDEKIAH) The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides with that of Jeremiah 52 and with 2 Kings 25. 1-7. The city taken. Zedekiah's fate...
LOOK WELL TO HIM] for Jeremiah had always counselled submission to Babylon: cp. Jeremiah 40:1....
קָחֶ֗נּוּ וְ עֵינֶ֨יךָ֙ שִׂ֣ים עָלָ֔יו וְ אַל
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was mad...
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him (e) even as he shall say to thee. (e) Thus God preserved his prophet by his means, whom he made the scourge to punish the king, and t...
Behold the care the Lord takes of his people, agreeably to his promise, Jeremiah 15:11. And is it not so in all ages? Oh! Reader, never lose sight of the blessed doctrine that ariseth out of this scri...
It is indeed probable that the king of Babylon had heard of Jeremiah; and though he was in prison, yet the Word of God, which he boldly proclaimed, was not bound. Then the report of this might have re...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 39 THROUGH 44. After this, chapter 39 and the following Chapter s give us the history of the confusion and iniquity that reigned among the remnant who were no...
TAKE HIM, AND LOOK WELL TO HIM,.... Take him out of prison; take him under your immediate care; receive him kindly, and use him humanely; provide everything necessary for him, and let him not want for...
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. Ver. 12. _Take him, and look well to him._] A wicked man, we see, may be loving and liberal to a go...
_Now Nebuchadrezzar gave charge concerning Jeremiah_ He had undoubtedly been informed of the advice which Jeremiah had given, both to the king and people, to submit themselves to his authority: which...
Take him and look well to him, literally, "thine eyes set upon him," in providing for, and watching over, his well-being, AND DO HIM NO HARM, the protection against the wiles of others being included...
Concerning The Fate of Jeremiah and of Ebed-Melech....
LOOK WELL TO HIM: _ Heb._ set thine eyes upon him...
11-14 The servants of God alone are prepared for all events; and they are delivered and comforted, while the wicked suffer. They often meet with more kindness from the profane, than from hypocritical...
It is more than probable that Nebuchadrezzar had been informed by some of the chief commanders of his army, who had it from some of the Jews that had escaped out of the city to the Chaldean army, that...
Jeremiah 39:12 Take H3947 (H8798) look H5869 H7760 (H8798) do H6213 (H8799) harm H3972...
CONTENTS: Final captivity of Judah in accordance with the prophets. CHARACTERS: Zedekiah, Nebuchadnezzar, Nergal-sharezer, Samgar-nebo, Sar-sechim, Rab-saris, Rab-mag, Nebuzaradan, Jeremiah, Nebushas...
Jeremiah 39:1. _In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged Jerusalem._ On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their lot,...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:11 DO HIM NO HARM. God was still protecting Jeremiah (see Jeremiah 1:19)....
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—_Cf_. notes _in loc_. chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans broke...
EXPOSITION This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah 39:1, Jeremiah 39:2, and Jeremiah 39:4) have been insert...
Now in the ninth year of Zedekiah king of Judah, in the tenth month, Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon and all his army came against Jerusalem, and began their siege. And in the eleventh year of Zedekiah...
1 Peter 3:12; 1 Peter 3:13; Acts 7:10; Amos 9:4; Jeremiah 24:6;...
Take him — It is probable, that Nebuchadnezzar had been informed, Jeremiah had constantly told the king, that the Chaldeans should take the city, and as steadily persuaded both the king and princes to...