This prophecy probably came to Jeremiah after his interview with Zedekiah Jeremiah 38:14, but is added here as a supplement in order not to break the sequence of events....
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)...
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._...
THE THIRTY-FIFTH PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). the LORD. Hebrew. _Jehovah._ App-4....
_came_ rather, HAD COME....
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...
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...
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...
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...
וְ אֶֽל ־יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ הָיָ֣ה דְבַר ־יְהוָ֑ה ב
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani
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."-...
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...
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...
The Prophet tells us here that God was not unmindful of that Ethiopian, by whom he had been preserved, though he was an alien and from a barbarous nation. We have seen, however, that he alone undertoo...
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...
NOW THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME UNTO JEREMIAH, WHILE HE WAS SHUT UP IN THE COURT OF THE PRISON,.... This prophecy was before the taking of the city, and after the prophet had been took out of the dungeo...
Now the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying, Ver. 15. _Now the word of the Lord._] Which is never bound, 2Ti 2:9 but runneth and is glorified....
_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...
Concerning The Fate of Jeremiah and of Ebed-Melech....
Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison, before the Jews of the city were taken down to Ramah and the prophet was given his liberty, SAYING,...
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...
These words let us know that these four verses (which contain mostly a promise to Ebed-melech for his kindness to Jeremiah while he was in the dungeon of Malchiah, of which we read JEREMIAH 38:6 menti...
Jeremiah 39:15 word H1697 LORD H3068 Jeremiah H3414 up H6113 (H8803) court H2691 prison H4307 saying H559 ...
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,...
_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...
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...
2 Timothy 2:9; Jeremiah 32:1; Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 36:1; Je
Now the word — These four verses mention a matter that happened before the things mentioned in the foregoing verses....