Bible Commentary

And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah, Put now [these] old cast clouts and rotten rags under thine armholes under the cords. And Jeremiah did so. And Ebedmelech the Ethiopian said unto Jeremiah,…. Being come to the dungeon, and at the mouth of it, he addressed him in a very humane and friendly manner, and … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:12”

So Ebed-melech took the men with him, and went into the house of the king under the treasury, and took thence old cast clouts and old rotten rags, and let them down by cords into the dungeon to Jeremiah. 11. under the treasury ] to a room under the treasury, a sort of lumber-room. old … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:11”

Then the king commanded Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Take from hence thirty men with thee, and take up Jeremiah the prophet out of the dungeon, before he die. 10. thirty men ] The construction of the Heb. numeral is irregular, and we should read three, as under the circumstances a more likely number for this … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:10”

My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city. 9. he is like to die … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:9”

Ebed-melech went forth out of the king’s house, and spoke to the king, saying, 8. went forth . . . and spakenotprivately, but in public; a proof of fearless magnanimity. Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible And Ebedmelech went forth out of the king’s house,…. As soon as … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:8”

Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, one of the eunuchs which was in the king’s house, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the dungeon; the king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin; 7. Ebed-melech the Ethiopian ] a negro eunuch, attached to the court or harem after the Eastern custom. See on Jer 13:23. … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:7”

Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that [was] in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon [there was] no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire. 6. the dungeon of Malchijah ] mg. pit; … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:6”

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] thing against you. 5. the king is not he, etc.] The LXX, perhaps rightly, make this clause a comment of the narrator (“For the king was not able against them”). Fuente: The Cambridge Bible … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:5”

Therefore the princes said unto the king, We beseech thee, let this man be put to death: for thus he weakeneth the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking such words unto them: for this man seeketh not the welfare of this … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:4”

Thus saith the LORD, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon’s army, which shall take it. Verse 3. This city shall surely be given] This was a testimony that be constantly bore: he had the authority of God for it. He knew it was true, and he never … Continue reading “Exegetical and Hermeneutical Commentary of Jeremiah 38:3”