Verse Jeremiah 38:17. Wilt assuredly go] On the king's obedience to the advice of the prophet the safety of the city depended.
Unto the king of Babylon's princes] The generals of the army then returning to the siege from the defeat of the Egyptians; for Nebuchadnezzar himself was then at Riblah, in Syria, Jeremiah 39:5; Jeremiah 39:6.
CHAPTER 38 _ 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1) _ 2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14) Jeremiah 38:1. Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. Th
Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him, whatever his answer (Jeremiah 38:16). Jeremiah urges him to save himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes (Nebuc...
THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 35:17. THE GOD OF HOSTS. Some codices, with Aramaean, Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, omit "God", and read "Jehovah. baioth, God o...
_go forth_ surrender thyself. _the king of Babylon's princes_ an intimation that Nebuchadnezzar was not himself at this time in command of the besieging forces. See Jeremiah 39:3; Jeremiah 39:5. 19...
IF THOU WILT ASSUREDLY GO FORTH— _Nebuchadrezzar_ was not in person at the siege of Jerusalem. He was at _Riblah_ in Syria, chap. Jeremiah 39:5. His army was commanded by his generals; it is to these...
E. Interviewed by the King Jeremiah 38:14-26 TRANSLATION (14) Zedekiah the king sent and had Jeremiah the prophet brought unto him at the third entrance of the house of the LORD. And the king said un...
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city...
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
IF THOU WILT ASSUREDLY GO FORTH. — Literally, _If going thou wilt go,_ the Hebrew idiom of emphasis. The prophet places before the king the alternative of surrender and safety, resistance and destruct...
וַ יֹּ֣אמֶר יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ אֶל ־צִדְקִיָּ֡הוּ כֹּֽה...
Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeon...
Then said Jeremiah to Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth to the king of Babylon's (h) princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city...
_King. He was at Reblatha. Though an usurper, he had claims upon Sedecias, whom he had appointed ruler, on his swearing to be faithful and to pay tribute. The prophet's advice was just. (Calmet) --- E...
This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And a...
A question may be raised here, Whether God had again bidden his Prophet to repeat what he had so often spoken in vain? To this we cannot say anything certain, except that the probability is, that the...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 37 AND 38. Chapter 37 gives us Zedekiah in the same state of disobedience. A show of religion is kept up, and, having a moment of respite which excites some h...
THEN SAID JEREMIAH UNTO ZEDEKIAH,.... Being thus indemnified and secured by the king's word and oath, he proceeds freely to lay before the king the whole matter as from the Lord: THUS SAITH THE LORD,...
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon's princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city...
_Then said Jeremiah, Thus saith the Lord_ Here we have the good advice which Jeremiah gave him, with the reasons why the king ought to take it; reasons drawn, not from any prudence or politics of his...
Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, in reliance upon the king's promise. THUS SAITH THE LORD, THE GOD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL: IF THOU WILT ASSUREDLY GO FORTH UNTO THE KING OF BABYLON'S PRINCES, vol...
14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear...
THY SOUL SHALL LIVE; that is, thou shalt live. AND THIS CITY SHALL NOT BE BURNED WITH FIRE; AND THOU SHALT LIVE, AND THINE HOUSE; and thou shalt save the city from being burned with fire, and thy wive...
Jeremiah 38:17 Jeremiah H3414 said H559 (H8799) Zedekiah H6667 says H559 (H8804) LORD H3068 God H430 hosts...
ZEDEKIAH ONCE AGAIN CONSULTS JEREMIAH AND KEEPS HIM SAFELY IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD UNTIL JERUSALEM IS TAKEN (JEREMIAH 38:14). This was to be Zedekiah's last consultation with Jeremiah. During it he...
JEREMIAH'S EXPERIENCES IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD (JEREMIAH 38:1). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw him as a...
Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of the L...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference with the king. CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: G...
Jeremiah 38:7. _Ebed-melech the Ethiopian,_ the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jeremia...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGICAL NOTES as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1. “_Shephatiah_,” never elsewhere mentioned. “_Gedaliah_,” possibly son of “Pashur” the vio...
CONTINUATION. EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more effectua...
Now we come to the third part of the book of Jeremiah and this covers the period of Zedekiah the king. These particular prophecies, thirty-seven through thirty-nine, cover from the time that Zedekiah...
1 Chronicles 17:24; Amos 5:27; Ezra 9:4; Jeremiah 21:8; Jeremiah 27: