Jeremiah 38:2 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live. ”

Jeremiah 38:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for (...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Four of the princes ( Jeremiah 37:15 ) hear Jeremiah (confined in the guard-court, Jeremiah 37:21 ) foretelling the fall of the city and advising individual surrender ( cf. Jeremiah 21:9 f.). The...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

goeth forth. Some codices add "and falleth". life . soul.
Jeremiah 38:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

We have seen elsewhere that the Prophet had before said the same; it was not, then, a new thing, for he had thirty years before that time dearly pronounced the same in the Temple, and it was th...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

He shall have his life for a prey— As a spoil gained from the enemy; snatched out of the flames, and saved from the carnage. The beginning of the next verse should be rendered, For thus saith the...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life f...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes.
Jeremiah 38:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Thus saith the Lord. — The words carry us back to Jeremiah 21:9 , and in any chronological arrangement of the book the one chapter would follow the other. It is obvious that to all who did not rec...
Jeremiah 38:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Under these circumstances he continued to foretell the victory of the Chaldeans, with the result that the anger of the princes was stirred up against him, and he was cast into a most loathsome dungeo...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

I again and again detain the Reader to remark the faithfulness of Jeremiah. Never surely was there a more conscientious preacher. Let the Reader connect this view of Jeremiah with his ordination, and...
Jeremiah 38:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Thus saith the Lord, he that remaineth in this city ,.... Of Jerusalem; that does not go out of it, and surrender himself to the Chaldeans; but continues in it fighting against them: shall die by...
Jeremiah 38:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Thus saith the Lord, He that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live This had been the constant tenor of this prophet's prophecies. The crime of which he was now accused, seems to lie in this, that...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah Put into the Dungeon; Ebed-melech's Care of Jeremiah. B. C. 589. 1 Then Shephat...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

As to what is Jeremiah 38:3 , it is no more than had for some time been the constant tenor of this prophet's prophecies. The crime seemeth to lie in this, that in such a time of extreme danger he...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Is Seen As A Traitor And Is Thrust Into A Well Filled With Deep Mud Which Was In The Court Of The Guard, Where He Would Have Died Had He Not Been Rescued By Ebedmelech, A Sudanese ( Jeremia...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronological Notes as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1 . “ Shephatiah ,” never elsewhere mentioned. “ Gedaliah ,” possibly son of “Pashur” t...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38 Ropes and rags. I. Help always comes from above. Jeremiah found it so. It was useless to try to climb out of the dungeon, it was only to fall deeper into the mire. "Salvation is of th...
Jeremiah 38:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:7 . Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, the king's chamberlain. It seems to have been a new name given him on his promotion to office; but God gave him long life for preserving the life of Jere...
Jeremiah 38:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

The words that Jeremiah had spoken unto all the people. Unpatriotic in appearance Rays of hope had arisen in the clouded sky of the, nation. An Egyptian army was on its way to the city. Thus, i...
Jeremiah 38:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CONTINUATION . EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportunity of speech), the princes resolve upon a more e...
Jeremiah 38:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah Cast into a Pit
Jeremiah 38:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Ezekiel 14:21 ; Ezekiel 5:12-17 ; Ezekiel 6:11 ; Ezekiel 7:15 ; Jeremiah 21:8 ; Jeremiah 21:9 ; Jeremiah 24:8 ; Jeremiah 27:13 ; Jeremiah 29:18 ; Jeremiah 34:17 ; Jeremiah 38:17-23 ; Jere...

Jeremiah 38:2 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 38:2 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 38:2 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 38:2 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:2 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:2 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:2 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 38:2 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:2 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:2 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 38:2 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 38:2 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 38:2 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge