Jeremiah 39:15-18

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 39:11-18

Here we must sing of mercy, as in the former part of the chapter we sang of judgment, and must sing unto God of both. We may observe here, I. A gracious providence concerning Jeremiah. When Jerusalem was laid in ruins, and all men's hearts failed them for fear, then might he lift up his head with comfort, knowing that his redemption drew nigh, as Christ's followers when the second destruction of Jerusalem was hastening on, Luke 21:28. Nebuchadnezzar had given particular orders that care should... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 39:15

Now the word of the Lord came unto Jeremiah, while he was shut up in the court of the prison ,.... This prophecy was before the taking of the city, and after the prophet had been took out of the dungeon by Ebedmelech; though here inserted after the city was taken; and that to show the great regard the Lord has to such who show favour to his prophets; for though we have no account of the accomplishment of this prophecy, there is no doubt to be made of it; and that Ebedmelech was saved from... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 39:16

Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopians ,.... Not that the prophet was to go, or could go, out of prison, to deliver this message to Ebedmelech; but that he should, as he had opportunity, acquaint him with it; either by writing to him, or by word of mouth, when he should visit him; for no doubt he sometimes did, having so great a respect for the prophet: saying, thus saith the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel ; whom Ebedmelech, though an Ethiopian, served; being a proselyte, and a good... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 39:17

But I will deliver thee in that day, saith the Lord ,.... As from the famine and pestilence, so from the sword of the Chaldeans, and from all the evil that shall come upon the city in the day of its destruction: and thou shalt not be given into the hand of the man of whom thou art afraid ; for though he was a bold and intrepid man, as appears by his charging the princes and prime ministers of state with having done evil to the prophet, and that in the presence of the king; yet at times... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 39:18

For I will surely deliver thee ,.... Or, in "delivering will deliver thee" F16 מלט אמלטך "eripiendo eripiam te", Schmidt; "eruendo eruam te", Pagninus, Montanus. ; this is a repetition and confirmation of what is promised in Jeremiah 39:17 , and more fully explains it: and thou shall not fall by the sword : by the sword of the Chaldeans, when the city should be taken, as he feared he should: but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee : shall be safe; be like a prey taken... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 39:16

Go and speak to Ebed-melech - The king's servant, the Cushite. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 39:18

I will surely deliver thee - Thou hast feared the Lord, and not the king, nor his princes, and thou hast taken the part of the prophet, and become his intercessor. Thou shalt not be slain. Thou hast put thy trust in me; thou shalt therefore be safe whithersoever thou goest. They that fear God need fear nothing besides. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 39:15

Verse 15 The Prophet tells us here that God was not unmindful of that Ethiopian, by whom he had been preserved, though he was an alien and from a barbarous nation. We have seen, however, that he alone undertook the cause of the Prophet, when others, being terrified by fear, did not exert themselves, or were avowedly enemies to God’s servant. Ebedmelech then alone dared to go forth in a case so hopeless, and undertook the defense of the holy man. The Prophet says now that this service was so... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 39:16

Verse 16 The word Ethiopian is now repeated, because God intended, in the person of an alien indirectly to reprove the Jews; for no doubt they despised him, because he was not of the holy seed of Abraham. But God shews that he peculiarly regarded him, while he rejected the masked and hypocritical children of Abraham, who were only born of him according to the flesh, but had, by their impiety, renounced him, so that they were wholly unworthy of so high an honor. And he says, Go and say, Behold,... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 39:17

Verse 17 He then adds, But I will deliver thee in that day, and thou shalt not be given up into the hand of the men whose face thou fearest Here God promises that Ebedmelech would be saved through a special privilege; and the Prophet shews that this prophecy had not been without reason announced. For though Ebedmelech had, with an intrepid mind, undertaken the cause of Jeremiah, and boldly and perseveringly fronted all reproaches, he yet was not divested of all the feelings of nature, but he... read more

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