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John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:20

Therefore hear now, one pray thee, O my lord the king ,.... When the prophet spoke in the name of the Lord, and the words of the Lord, it was with great boldness and majesty; but when he spoke for himself, and on his own behalf, it was with great submission, as it became a subject to his king; and whom he owns as his sovereign lord, though a wicked prince, and whose destruction he knew was at hand: let my supplication be accepted before thee ; or, "fall before thee": see Jeremiah 36:7 ... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:21

Then Zedekiah the king commanded that they should commit Jeremiah into the court of the prison ,.... He did not think fit to discharge him entirely, lest it should give offence to the princes, who had committed him; but he ordered him to be put in a court belonging to the prison, where he might breathe in a freer air, and have liberty of walking to and fro, where his friends might be admitted to come and see him: and that they should give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers'... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:12

Jeremiah went forth - At the time that Nebuchadnezzar had raised the siege, and gone to meet the Egyptian army. Go into the land of Benjamin - To Anathoth, his native city. To separate himself thence - "To receive a portion thereof among the people;" - Blayney: who supposes that Jeremiah went to receive a portion of the proceeds of his patrimony at Anathoth, which had, previously to the siege, been in the hands of the Chaldeans. The siege being now raised, he thought of looking thus... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:13

Thou fallest away to the Chaldeans - Thou art a deserter, and a traitor to thy country. As he had always declared that the Chaldeans should take the city, etc., his enemies took occasion from this to say he was in the interest of the Chaldeans, and that he wished now to go to them, and betray the place. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:15

And smote him - Without any proof of the alleged treachery, without any form of justice. In prison to the house of Jonathan - In Asiatic countries there is an apartment in the houses of the officers of the law, to confine all the accused that are brought before them. Jonathan was a scribe or secretary, and had a prison of this kind in his house. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:16

Entered into the dungeon, and into the cabins - The dungeon was probably a deep pit; and the cabins or cells, niches in the sides, where different malefactors were confined. See Blayney. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:17

Is there any word from the Lord? - Is there any farther revelation? There is: - thou shalt be delivered - What bold faithfulness! And to a king, in whose hands his life now lay. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:19

Where are now your prophets - They told you that the Chaldeans should not come; I told you they would. According to my word the Chaldeans are come, and are departed only for a short time. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:20

Cause me not to return to the house of Jonathan - He had been ill used in this man's custody, so as to endanger his life, the place being cold, and probably unhealthy. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:21

Then Zedekiah - the court of the prison - Was contiguous to the king's house, where the prisoners could readily see their friends. Give him daily a piece of bread out of the bakers' street - From the public stores; which he received till all the provisions were spent. read more

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:20

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 37:21

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:12

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:13

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:15

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:16

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:17

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:19

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:20

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 37:21

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