Jeremiah 38:7 NIV

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 38:7

Now when Ebedmelech the Ethiopian ,.... The Targum renders it, "a servant of King Zedekiah;' which Jarchi, and other writers, following, make Zedekiah to be the Ethiopian; so called, because as an Ethiopian differs in his skin, so Zedekiah differed in his righteousness, from the rest of his generation; and this his servant, he, with others F18 Pirke Eliezer, c. 53. Shalshelet Hakabala, fol. 13. 1. , takes to be Baruch the son of Neriah, but without any foundation; but, as Kimchi... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:7

Ebed-melech - The servant of the king one of the eunuchs who belonged to the palace. Perhaps it should be read, "Now, a servant of the king, a Cushite, one of the eunuchs," etc. The king then sitting in the gate of Benjamin - To give audience, and to administer justice. We have often seen that the gates of cities were the places of public judicature. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:7

Verse 7 Jeremiah relates here how he was delivered from death; for he could not have lived long in the mire; partly, because he must have died through want; and partly, he must have been starved through cold and suffocated with the filth of the dungeon. But God rescued him in a wonderful manner through the aid of Ebedmelech, an Ethiopian. He was an alien, and this is expressly said, that we may know, that among the king’s counselors there was no one who resisted so great a wickedness. But there... 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 38:6-13

Cast down, but not forsaken. As we look on the prophet as here portrayed, these words of St. Paul are brought to our mind. We have here, as there— I. A SERVANT OF GOD CAST DOWN . See the prophet's allusions to his sad condition in Lamentations 3:52-57 ; and Psalms 69:1-36 . can hardly be other than descriptive of Jeremiah at this time. And such seasons of depression and distress seem to be the appointed lot of all God's servants. Not one, from our Lord downwards, has been... read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:7

Ebed-melech the Ethiopian. The name means "the king's slave." Ebers remarks that the eunuchs employed in the modern East are nearly all negroes, on whom the shameful operation has been performed by Copts in Upper Egypt. Zedekiah's harem is referred to in Jeremiah 38:22 , Jeremiah 38:23 . read more

Spence, H. D. M., etc.

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:7-13

Ebed-Melech; or, unlooked for sympathy and help. I. ITS CIRCUMSTANCES . These were such as to impress the mind of the prophet. He was deliberately consigned by the princes of the people to the dungeon, and the king consented, so that there would appear to be no appeal. His heart must have failed him as he felt himself sinking in the mire. In a prison like that he was in imminent danger of being forgotten and starved. Apparently it was intended as an effectual means of "putting out of... read more

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

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 38:7

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:7

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 38:7

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 38:6-13

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:7

The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 38:7-13

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