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Verse Jeremiah 39:18. _I WILL SURELY DELIVER THEE_] Thou hast feared
the Lord, and not the king, nor his princes, and thou hast taken the
part of the prophet, and become his intercessor. Thou shalt no...
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A PREY UNTO THEE - An unexpected and unlooked-for gain. He had given
proof of faith in courageously delivering God’s prophet....
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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)...
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EBED-MELECH. A prophecy of his deliverance, given during the siege
(_cf._ Jeremiah 38:7). His enemies (Jeremiah 39:17) may be either the
Babylonians, or the hostile princes.
Jeremiah 39:18. _Cf._...
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LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13.
A PREY: i.e. he should save it. Compare Jeremiah 21:9.
PUT THY TRUST. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....
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See introd. summary to the section. This section is certainly out of
chronological order, as relating to a time before the capture of the
city, but there is no sufficient reason for condemning it (wit...
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_thy life shall be for a prey unto thee_ See on Jeremiah 21:9....
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IV. APPENDIX: A MESSAGE FOR EBED-MELECH JEREMIAH 39:15-18
(15) Now the word of the LORD had come to Jeremiah while he was still
confined in the court of the guard, saying, Go and say to Ebed-melech
th...
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Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in
the court of the prison, saying,
Belonging to the time when the city was not yet taken, and when
Jeremiah was still in the court...
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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...
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כִּ֤י מַלֵּט֙ אֲמַלֶּטְךָ֔ וּ בַ †
חֶ֖רֶב...
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CHAPTER XII
JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT
Jeremiah 37:11, Jeremiah 38:1, Jeremiah 39:15
"Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem
was taken."-...
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CHAPTER XIII
GEDALIAH
Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1
"Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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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...
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For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword,
but thy life shall be for a prize to thee: because thou (g) hast put
thy trust in me, saith the LORD.
(g) Thus God recompensed hi...
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_Saved. Hebrew, "a booty," chap. xxi. 9. Thus God rewards what is done
to his servants, Matthew xxv. 40. (Calmet)_...
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It should seem that Ebed-melech, notwithstanding his boldness in
Jeremiah's cause, (see Jeremiah 38:7.) was timid concerning the
threatened judgments of God upon Jerusalem. The Lord hath special
respe...
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REFLECTIONS
WHO would have believed (saith the Prophet) among the kings of the
earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and
the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerus...
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Then he says, that he would be safe, because the Lord would _deliver
him in that day _And, again, he confirms the same thing, _For
delivering I will deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword...
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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...
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FOR I WILL SURELY DELIVER THEE,.... Or, in "delivering will deliver
thee" p; this is a repetition and confirmation of what is promised in
Jeremiah 39:17, and more fully explains it:
AND THOU SHALL NO...
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For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword,
but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy
trust in me, saith the LORD.
Ver. 18. _For I will surely de...
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_The word of the Lord came to Jeremiah when he was in the court of the
prison_ These words give us to understand that this and the next three
verses respect a matter which took place before the things...
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15-18 Here is a message to assure Ebed-melech of a recompence for his
great kindness to Jeremiah. Because thou hast put thy trust in me,
saith the Lord. God recompenses men's services according to the...
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For God would deliver him, so as he should not die by the sword; but
how little else soever he saved, he should save his life, because he
had put his trust in God, not fearing the wrath of men in the...
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Jeremiah 39:18 surely H4422 (H8763) deliver H4422 (H8762) fall H5307
(H8799) sword H2719 life H5315 prize...
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TRUST
(_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...
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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...
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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,...
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_I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fan by the sword, but
thy life shall be for a prey unto thee._
EBED-MELECH THE ETHIOPIAN, ONE OF THE LORD’S HIDDEN ONES
It is strange that, amongst all...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:18 PUT YOUR TRUST IN ME. Ebed-melech,
an Ethiopian Gentile, had saving faith in God.
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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...
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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...
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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...
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1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 Peter 1:21; Ephesians 1:12; Isaiah 26:3;...