Jeremiah 38:7

Ebed-melech, &c.— Ebed-melech the Cushite, &c. It may be supposed, that God intended to give some distant hints of his justice in calling the Gentiles to embrace the gospel; for this Ethiopian or Cushite preserves the prophet, whom the Jews would have destroyed; and again the Gentiles believed in Christ, whereas the Jews crucified him. The Lord, who put these sentiments of compassion for Jeremiah into the heart of this officer, afterwards recompensed him, by delivering him from death at the siege of Jerusalem. See chap. Jeremiah 39:15., and Calmet.