耶利米書 38:27 RCUVTS

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 38:27

he told them, &c. In Holy Scripture we have an inspired record of what was said and done by others, but it does not follow that all that was so said and done was inspired. commanded. Some codices, with Septuagint, Syriac, and Vulgate, add "him". read more

Thomas Coke

Thomas Coke Commentary on the Holy Bible - Jeremiah 38:27

Jeremiah 38:27. He told them according to all these words— Jeremiah evidently had besought the king not to suffer his being remanded to his former prison, and had thanked him for the favour he had shewn him in drawing him thence; for otherwise, how could he have truly told them that he had made his remonstrances, as in Jeremiah 38:26. I presented my supplication, &c. It is certainly allowable, in various cases, not to tell all one knows, and to conceal the truth; but it is not permitted to... read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 38:14-28

Zedekiah’s last interview with Jeremiah 38:14-28 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 38:27

Sure enough, the state officials asked Jeremiah about his conversation with the king, but Jeremiah responded as Zedekiah had instructed him. He only told the nobles what was necessary and no more. read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:1-28

1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes.1. Pashur] see on Jeremiah 20:2.2. He that goeth forth] i.e. submits: so Jeremiah 38:17.6. Dungeon] RM ’pit,’or cistern. It is conjectured that Psalms 69 may have been composed by Jeremiah on this occasion.7-13. Jeremiah is rescued by Ebed-melech. 10. Thirty] possibly a copyist’s error for ’three.’The two words resemble each other much more closely in Hebrew than in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-28

1CHAPTER XIIJEREMIAH’S IMPRISONMENTJeremiah 37:11-21, Jeremiah 38:1-28, Jeremiah 39:15-18"Jeremiah abode in the court of the guard until the day that Jerusalem was taken."- Jeremiah 38:28"WHEN the Chaldean army was broken up from Jerusalem for fear of Pharaoh’s army, Jeremiah went forth out of Jerusalem to go into the land of Benjamin "to transact certain family business at Anathoth. {Cf. Jeremiah 32:6-8}He had announced that all who remained in the city should perish, and that only those who... read more

Arno Clemens Gaebelein

Arno Gaebelein's Annotated Bible - Jeremiah 38:1-28

CHAPTER 38 1. Jeremiah in the dungeon and his rescue (Jeremiah 38:1-13 ) 2. Jeremiah with Zedekiah: His last appeal (Jeremiah 38:14-28 ) Jeremiah 38:1-13 . Jeremiah is next accused of high treason. The charge is based on his message, given to him by the Lord: “He that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live.” Like the conscientious objectors during the past war, they accused him of being unpatriotic. “This man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.” They demand his life. In... read more

James Gray

James Gray's Concise Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-28

CLOSING EVENTS OF THE SIEGE We are again in Zedekiah’s reign (Jeremiah 37:1 ), and the same disobedience as before marks the period (Jeremiah 37:2 ). We are astonished at the effrontery accompanying it, (Jeremiah 37:3 ). Note the occasion when this prayer is solicited (Jeremiah 37:4-5 ). Egypt has come up to help, and the Babylonians in consequence, have raised the siege in order to meet the approaching army. Is it not an indication that God has changed His mind about Judah after all? The... read more

Robert Hawker

Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary - Jeremiah 38:27-28

The poor Prophet is hunted like the partridge upon the mountains. But though in the midst of foes, yet in no real danger. As he was before the siege, so through the whole of it; and so in the end. So the Lord had promised: and so he found. Jeremiah 1:18-19 . read more

Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:14-28

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 God, the more they fear men; often they dare not act according to their own judgments and consciences. read more