Jeremiah 38:5,Jeremiah 38:6

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-13

Here, 1. Jeremiah persists in his plain preaching; what he had many a time said, he still says (Jer. 38:3): This city shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon; though it hold out long, it will taken at last. Nor would he have so often repeated this unwelcome message but that he could put them in a certain way, though not to save the city, yet to save themselves; so that every man might have his own life given him for a prey if he would be advised, Jer. 38:2. Let him not stay in the... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 38:5

Then Zedekiah the king said, behold, he is in your hand ,.... In your power, to do with him as you please. This is either a grant of the king, allowing them to do as they thought fit; or a declaration of their power, supposing them to be the princes of the sanhedrim, as Grotius thinks, to judge of a false prophet, and condemn him; but that they were such does not appear; nor does their charge of the prophet, or their procedure against him, confirm it. The former sense seems best: for... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:5

He is in your hand - Ye have power to do as you please; I must act by your counsel. Poor weak prince! you respect the prophet, you fear the cabal, and you sacrifice an innocent man to your own weakness and their malice! read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:5

Verse 5 Zedekiah doubtless knew that wrong was done to the holy Prophet; for though he wished him to remain as he was, yet he knew that the Prophet had not threatened the people from ill-will or a hostile mind; and he was thus conscious that he had to do with God rather than with a mortal man. However this may have been, he knew that Jeremiah was not an enemy to the public safety according to the charge brought by the princes. He might then have wished to deliver the Prophet from their hands,... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-13

Jeremiah in the pit. I. JEREMIAH PREACHES FAITHFULLY . (Verses 2, 5.) His conduct is wise, brave, and noble. On the surface it savours of pusillanimity. But so much the greater the wisdom and courage that inspire it. Personally Jeremiah is in greater danger from his fellow citizens than from the invaders. To rouse the anger of the people amongst whom he is living by apparently favouring the plans of their enemies requires no little firmness of character. Moreover, strong moral... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-28

CONTINUATION . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:4-13

Foreshadowings and analogies of the cross. The pitiable fate of Jeremiah, so uncalled for and unexpected both in its inflictions and deliverances, the light and shade so strongly contrasted, become charged as we proceed with a certain suggestiveness of something unspeakably greater yet to come. In other words, Jeremiah is perceived to be not only a prophet, but a type of Christ. The charge of treason, the defiance of legal safeguards and requirements by the princes, the wavering and... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:5

He is in your hand. The growing power of the "princes" (see on Jeremiah 22:4 ) seems to have confined the king to a merely secondary role. read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:5

Put not your trust in princes. What a proof does this incident give of the wisdom of this counsel! Note— I. ALL ARE TEMPTED TO PUT TRUST IN MEN . To very many man is the highest being they know or believe in. Then, our fellow men are near at hand; we can understand them and they us; are of like nature—they can be touched with the feeling of our infirmities; and they in whom we trust appear to us to possess that which we need but have not. II. STILL MORE ARE ... read more

Albert Barnes

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 38:5

All real power was in their hands, and as they affirmed that Jeremiah’s death was a matter of necessity, the king did not dare refuse it to them. read more

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-13

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 38:5

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:5

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:1-28

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:4-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:5

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:5

Albert Barnes' Notes on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 38:5

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