Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes
Jeremiah 38:16
As the LORD liveth. By the life of Jehovah.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh (App-13): i.e. May He Who gave us both our life, take mine away if. take thine, or give thee, &c.
As the LORD liveth. By the life of Jehovah.
soul. Hebrew. nephesh (App-13): i.e. May He Who gave us both our life, take mine away if. take thine, or give thee, &c.
Verse Jeremiah 38:16. _AS THE LORD LIVETH, THAT MADE US THIS SOUL_] He is the _living_ God, and he is the Author of that _life_ which each of us possesses; and as sure as he _lives_, and we _live_ by...
THAT MADE US THIS SOUL - This very unusual addition to the formula of an oath 1 Samuel 20:3 was intended to strengthen it. By acknowledging that his soul was God’s workmanship Zedekiah also implied hi...
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...
_that made us this soul_ i.e. that gave us our life (cp. Isaiah 57:16), a form of oath suitable to the occasion when the prophet's life was in danger....
THAT MADE US THIS SOUL— _Who hath given us this time to breathe;_ that is to say, "this intermission from the siege, by the absence of the Chaldeans....
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...
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy...
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
AS THE LORD LIVETH, THAT MADE US THIS SOUL. — The formula of the oath was obviously intended to be one of unusual solemnity; more so even than the simpler form of “The Lord liveth” (Jeremiah 16:14). T...
וַ יִּשָּׁבַ֞ע הַ מֶּ֧לֶךְ צִדְקִיָּ֛הוּ אֶֽל...
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...
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...
The king, desirous of having a new revelation, promised safety to the Prophet by an oath. He then swore that he would not take revenge, though he might be displeased with the Prophet’s answer he might...
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...
SO ZEDEKIAH THE KING SWORE SECRETLY UNTO JEREMIAH,.... The king not only gave the prophet his word, but also annexed to it his oath, that his life should be in no danger, either from him or his prince...
So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [As] the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy...
_The king sware, As the Lord liveth, that made this soul_ That is, who gave me my life and thee thine, and who, as he is the author, so he is the preserver, of our life and being: who may uphold or ta...
So Zedekiah, the king, sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul, a most solemn oath by the God of life and by his own life, I WILL NOT PUT THEE TO DEATH, NEITHE...
Jeremiah's Advice to the King...
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...
Zedekiah saith nothing to the latter part of Jeremiah's speech, promising nothing as to his hearing and obeying his counsel: as to the former, he gives him the security of his oath, that he would neit...
Jeremiah 38:16 Zedekiah H6667 king H4428 swore H7650 (H8735) secretly H5643 Jeremiah H3414 saying H559 (H8800) L
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...
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 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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:16 SECRETLY. Zedekiah’s promise had no public weight (Jeremiah 37:17)....
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...
Ecclesiastes 12:7; Hebrews 12:9; Isaiah 57:16; Jeremiah 34:20;...