"Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king, saying,"
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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. The char...
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Four of the princes (Jeremiah 37:15) hear Jeremiah (confined in the
guard-court, Jeremiah 37:21) foretelling the fall of the city and
advising individual surrender (_cf._ Jeremiah 21:9 f.). They denou...
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EBED-MELECH. Some codices add "the Ethiopian"....
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See introd. summary to section....
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D. Rescued by Ebed-melech Jeremiah 38:7-13
TRANSLATION
(7) And Ebed-melech the Ethiopian. one of the eunuchs attached to the
household if the king, heard that they had put Jeremiah in the
dungeon. No...
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Ebed-melech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the
king, saying,
EBED-MELECH WENT FORTH ... AND SPAKE TO THE KING - not privately, but
in public; a proof of fearless magnanimity....
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1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the
publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes....
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וַ יֵּצֵ֥א עֶֽבֶד־מֶ֖לֶךְ מִ בֵּ֣ית
הַ מֶּ֑לֶךְ וַ יְדַבֵּ֥ר אֶל ־הַ
מֶּ֖לֶךְ לֵ אמֹֽר׃...
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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...
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See how the Lord raiseth instruments, from the most unexpected
quarters, for the deliverance of his people. Here was a stranger, and
a Gentile, prompted to fly to the rescue of one of the Lord's
proph...
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It now follows, that Ebed-melech _went forth from the palace _and
_came _to the king’s tribunal, that he might there plead the cause
of the Prophet. It is right to notice this circumstance as well as...
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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...
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AND EBEDMELECH WENT FORTH OUT OF THE KING'S HOUSE,.... As soon as he
heard of the prophet's distress, he immediately went out from his
apartments in the king's palace, where he performed his office, a...
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Ebedmelech went forth out of the king's house, and spake to the king,
saying,
Ver. 8. _Ebedmelech._] Not more the king's servant (so his name
signifieth) than God's. Joseph of Arimathea was such anot...
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_Now when Ebed-melech the Ethiopian_ Or _Cushite_, as the Hebrew is.
His country seems to be mentioned to let us know that this prophet of
the Lord found more kindness from a stranger, who was a nativ...
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JEREMIAH CAST INTO A PIT...
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1-13 Jeremiah went on in his plain preaching. The princes went on in
their malice. It is common for wicked people to look upon God's
faithful ministers as enemies, because they show what enemies the
w...
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No text from Poole on this verse....
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Jeremiah 38:8 Ebed-Melech H5663 out H3318 (H8799) kings H4428 house
H1004 spoke H1696 (H8762) king H4428 saying H559 (H8800)...
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JEREMIAH IS SEEN AS A TRAITOR AND IS THRUST INTO A WELL FILLED WITH
DEEP MUD WHICH WAS IN THE COURT OF THE GUARD, WHERE HE WOULD HAVE DIED
HAD HE NOT BEEN RESCUED BY EBEDMELECH, A SUDANESE (JEREMIAH 3...
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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...
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CONTENTS: Jeremiah's imprisonment, continued. His private conference
with the king.
CHARACTERS: Shephatiah, Gedaliah, Jucal, Pashur, Jeremiah, Zedekiah,
Malchiah, Ebed-melech, Jonathan.
CONCLUSION:...
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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...
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_Ebed-melech the Ethiopian._
EBED-MELECH THE ETHIOPIAN
A slave from the Soudan, an eunuch in the household of Zedekiah, King
of Judah, is by the side of the great Jeremiah, a humble servant yet
an e...
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JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 38:8 EBED-MELECH shows himself superior in
character to the weak Zedekiah. He recognizes the injustice JEREMIAH
1:1 has suffered and his life-threatening circumstances (see J...
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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 vi...
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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...
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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...