Commentaries Dictionaries Concordances

The ESV Global Study Bible's Study Notes

Jeremiah 39:18

JEREMIAH—NOTE ON Jeremiah 39:18 put your trust in me. Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian Gentile, had saving faith in God.

⇐ ⇔ ⇒
Continues after advertising

See also Jeremiah 39:18 in other biblical comments:

  • Adam Clarke Bible Commentary

    Verse Jeremiah 39:18. _I WILL SURELY DELIVER THEE_] Thou hast feared the Lord, and not the king, nor his princes, and thou hast taken the part of the prophet, and become his intercessor. Thou shalt no...

  • Albert Barnes' Bible Commentary

    A PREY UNTO THEE - An unexpected and unlooked-for gain. He had given proof of faith in courageously delivering God’s prophet....

  • Annotated Bible by A.C. Gaebelein

    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)...

  • Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

    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._...

  • Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

    LIFE. soul. Hebrew. _nephesh._ App-13. A PREY: i.e. he should save it. Compare Jeremiah 21:9. PUT THY TRUST. confided. Hebrew. _batah._ App-69....

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    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...

  • Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges

    _thy life shall be for a prey unto thee_ See on Jeremiah 21:9....

  • College Press Bible Study Textbook Series

    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 th...

  • Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

    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...

  • ETCBC data on Hebrew bible

    כִּ֤י מַלֵּט֙ אֲמַלֶּטְךָ֔ וּ בַ † חֶ֖רֶב...

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1; Jeremiah 40:1; Jeremiah 41:1; Jeremiah 52:1 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethani

  • Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

    CHAPTER XII JEREMIAH'S IMPRISONMENT Jeremiah 37:11, Jeremiah 38:1, Jeremiah 39:15 "Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken."-...

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

    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...

  • Geneva Study Bible Commentary

    For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prize to thee: because thou (g) hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. (g) Thus God recompensed hi...

  • George Haydock's Catholic Bible Commentary

    _Saved. Hebrew, "a booty," chap. xxi. 9. Thus God rewards what is done to his servants, Matthew xxv. 40. (Calmet)_...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    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...

  • Hawker's Poor man's commentary

    REFLECTIONS WHO would have believed (saith the Prophet) among the kings of the earth, and all the inhabitants of the world, that the adversary and the enemy should have entered into the gates of Jerus...

  • John Calvin's Bible Commentary

    Then he says, that he would be safe, because the Lord would _deliver him in that day _And, again, he confirms the same thing, _For delivering I will deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword...

  • John Darby's Synopsis

    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...

  • John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible

    FOR I WILL SURELY DELIVER THEE,.... Or, in "delivering will deliver thee" p; this is a repetition and confirmation of what is promised in Jeremiah 39:17, and more fully explains it: AND THOU SHALL NO...

  • John Trapp Complete Commentary

    For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the LORD. Ver. 18. _For I will surely de...

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

    _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...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee, a precious treasure to be carried away and safely hidden, BECAUSE THOU HAST PUT THY TR...

  • Kretzmann's Popular Commentary of the Bible

    Concerning The Fate of Jeremiah and of Ebed-Melech....

  • Matthew Henry Commentary on the Whole Bible

    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...

  • Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary On The Bible

    For God would deliver him, so as he should not die by the sword; but how little else soever he saved, he should save his life, because he had put his trust in God, not fearing the wrath of men in the...

  • Patchworkid's Personal Study Bible Notes

    Jeremiah 39:18 surely H4422 (H8763) deliver H4422 (H8762) fall H5307 (H8799) sword H2719 life H5315 prize...

  • Scofield's Bible Commentary

    TRUST (_ See Scofield) - (Psalms 2:12). _...

  • Summarized Bible Commentary

    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...

  • Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

    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,...

  • The Biblical Illustrator

    _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...

  • The Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

    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...

  • The Pulpit Commentaries

    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...

  • Through The Bible C2000 Serie by Chuck Smith

    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...

  • Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

    1 Chronicles 5:20; 1 Peter 1:21; Ephesians 1:12; Isaiah 26:3;...

Continues after advertising