What does Jeremiah 39:16 mean? Commentary, explanation and study verse by verse.
"Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished in that day before thee."
Verse Jeremiah 39:16. _GO AND SPEAK TO EBED-MELECH_] The king's servant, the Cushite....
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) Jeremiah 39:1. Th...
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._ Jer...
GO AND SPEAK. Not to interrupt the history, this incident as to Ebed-melech is reserved till now. THE LORD OF HOSTS, THE GOD OF ISRAEL. See note on Jeremiah 7:3. GOD. Hebrew. _Elohim._ App-4. BEHOL...
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 t...
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...
GO AND SPEAK TO EBED-MELECH. — It lies in the nature of the case that the prophet, when he put this prediction, given during the progress of the siege, on record, knew that it had been fulfilled. We h...
הָלֹ֣וךְ וְ אָמַרְתָּ֡ לְ עֶבֶד־מֶ֨לָךְ הַ כּוּשִׁ֜י לֵ אמֹ֗ר כֹּֽה ־אָמַ֞ר יְהוָ֤ה צְבָאֹות֙ אֱלֹהֵ֣י...
CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote with the sword and slew Gedaliah b...
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 word _Ethiopian _is now repeated, because God intended, in the person of an alien indirectly to reprove the Jews; for no doubt they despised him, because he was not of the holy seed of Abraham. Bu...
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...
GO AND SPEAK TO EBEDMELECH THE ETHIOPIANS,.... Not that the prophet was to go, or could go, out of prison, to deliver this message to Ebedmelech; but that he should, as he had opportunity, acquaint hi...
Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring my words upon this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be [accomplis...
_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....
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...
EBED-MELECH is here again called the ETHIOPIAN, to the reproach of the Jews, that a stranger should show more kindness to a prophet of the Lord than any of that nation to whom he was specially sent; w...
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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...
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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 39:15 Before Jerusalem fell, GOD sent a word concerning EBED-MELECH, who had saved JEREMIAH 1:1 from the cistern (Jeremiah 38:7). ⇐ ⇔ ⇒ var images = document.getElementsByTa...
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 Chronicles 36:21; Daniel 9:12; Jeremiah 19:11; Jeremiah 19:12; Jeremiah 21:7; Jeremiah 24:8; Jeremiah 26:15; Jeremiah 26:18; Jeremiah 26:20;...