Jeremiah 38:23 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this city to be burned with fire. ”

Jeremiah 38:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

So - And. In addition to the ridicule there shall be the miseries of the capture. Thou shalt cause this city to be burned - literally, as margin. It shall be thy own act as completely as if d...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Zedekiah asks Jeremiah about the future, swearing immunity to him, whatever his answer ( Jeremiah 38:16 ). Jeremiah urges him to save himself and the city by surrender to Nebuchadrezzar's princes (Ne...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

children . sons. thou shalt cause this city to be burned. Hebrew thou wilt burn. Note the idiom by which the act is put for the declaration that it should be done.
Jeremiah 38:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah pursues the same subject; but he sets forth at large the calamity, that the king being at least frightened with horror, might submit to a right counsel; for when we hear that death is...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause t...
Jeremiah 38:23 - 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 38:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

So they shall bring out... — The picture of defeat and destruction is once more repeated from Jeremiah 38:18 . Probably, the last clause should be read with a different punctuation of the Hebrew,...
Jeremiah 38:23 - 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 38:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

This must have been a very interesting interview between the king and the Prophet; and it is impossible but to take concern in it, and to wish that Zedekiah had listened to the Prophet's advice. And...
Jeremiah 38:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans ,.... Not the citizens of Jerusalem; but, as Kimchi observes, the Chaldeans that should enter the city shall bring them out to...
Jeremiah 38:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

So they shall bring out all thy wives and thy children to the Chaldeans: and thou shalt not escape out of their hand, but shalt be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon: and thou shalt cause this...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

But if thou refuse, this is the word that the Lord hath showed me Namely, what follows in the next two verses. Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah's house The king's wives, h...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Zedekiah's Conference with Jeremiah. B. C. 589. 14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and to...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This is no more than what was said before, only here repeated, as an argument to persuade his obedience in surrendering himself, if not for the city's sake, yet for his own sake, and for his children...
Jeremiah 38:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah's Experiences In The Court Of The Guard ( Jeremiah 38:1-28 ). But even the fact that Jeremiah was in the court of the guard did not prevent him from further maltreatment by those who saw...
Jeremiah 38:23 - 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 38:23 - 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 38:23 - 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 38:23 - 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 38:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah's Advice to the King
Jeremiah 38:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

2 Chronicles 36:20 ; 2 Chronicles 36:21 ; 2 Kings 25:7 ; Ezekiel 14:9 ; Ezekiel 43:3 ; Jeremiah 27:12 ; Jeremiah 27:13 ; Jeremiah 38:18 ; Jeremiah 39:6 ; Jeremiah 41:10 ; Jeremiah 52:8-13...

Jeremiah 38:23 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

Jeremiah 38:23 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 38:23 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 38:23 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:23 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:23 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:23 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 38:23 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:23 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:23 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 38:23 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 38:23 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge