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Jeremiah 38:21

the word viz. the picture of the women which follows. Dr. makes it to be an actual vision on the part of the prophet, and so renders "all the women … were brought forth … while they said, etc."

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  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    _BUT JEREMIAH SAID, THEY SHALL NOT DELIVER THEE. OBEY, I BESEECH THEE, THE VOICE OF THE LORD, WHICH I SPEAK UNTO THEE: SO IT SHALL BE WELL UNTO THEE, AND THY SOUL SHALL LIVE._ No JFB commentary on th...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    וְ אִם ־מָאֵ֥ן אַתָּ֖ה לָ צֵ֑את זֶ֣ה

  • G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    He then adds, _If thou refuse to go forth, this is the word which God hath shewed to me _Jeremiah again declares that Zedekiah resisted in vain, because he kicked, as it is said, against the goad, for...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    BUT IF THOU REFUSE TO GO FORTH,.... Out of Jerusalem, to the Chaldean army, and submit to them: THIS [IS] THE WORD THAT THE LORD HATH SHOWED ME, or the thing which should certainly come to pass; the...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    But if thou refuse to go forth, this [is] the word that the LORD hath shewed me: Ver. 21. _Bat if thou refuse to go forth._] Promises and threatenings make an excellent mixture; the tartness of the o...

  • Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    _But if thou refuse, this is the word that the Lord hath showed me_ Namely, what follows in the next two verses. _Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house_ The king's wives, hi...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    But if thou refuse to go forth, this is the word that the Lord hath showed me, the alternative to the mockery of the fugitive Jews:...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Jeremiah's Advice to the King...

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    No text from Poole on this verse....

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 38:21 refuse H3986 surrender H3318 (H8800) word H1697 LORD H3068 shown H7200 (H8689) if thou -...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • Sermon Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference with the king. CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah, Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan. CONCLUSION: G...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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...

  • The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

    JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:21 Refusal to obey carries dire consequences. ⇐ ⇔...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    Acts 18:6; Acts 20:26; Acts 20:27; Exodus 10:3; Exodus 10:4;...

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