Jeremiah 38:5 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. ”

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

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.
Jeremiah 38:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] (d) thing against you. (d) In which he grievously offended in that not only would he not hear...
Jeremiah 38:5 - 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 38:5 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

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 host...
Jeremiah 38:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. He is in your hand - Ye have power to do as you please; I must act by your c...
Jeremiah 38:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

For the king is not he, &c.— Nor is it proper for the king to deny you any thing. Houbigant. Nothing can give a higher idea of the weakness and pusillanimity of Zedekiah than this passage.
Jeremiah 38:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you. The king is not he that can do anything against you. Zedekiah was a weak pri...
Jeremiah 38:5 - 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 38:5 - 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 38:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

What an awful character was Zedekiah! Surely he had strong convictions of the truth, but like another Felix, though he trembled under the word, yet he consents to execute the preacher. Acts 24:25 .
Jeremiah 38:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

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 declara...
Jeremiah 38:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he [is] in your hand: for the king [is] not [he that] can do [any] thing against you. Ver. 5. Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand. ] O nih...
Jeremiah 38:5 - 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 38:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah Put into the Dungeon; Ebed-melech's Care of Jeremiah. B. C. 589. 1 Then Shephat...
Jeremiah 38:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

He is in your hand; that is, in your power, either by the established law against false prophets, or else I yield up my power to you, I surrender him into your hands. But neither of these seemeth v...
Jeremiah 38:5 - 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 38:5 - 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 38:5 - 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 38:5 - 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 38:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

For the king is not he that can do anything against you. Zedekiah weakened and ruined through fear of man Zedekiah was one of those unfortunate characters, frequent in history, like our own Cha...
Jeremiah 38:5 - 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 38:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah Cast into a Pit
Jeremiah 38:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

1 Samuel 15:24 ; 1 Samuel 29:9 ; 2 Samuel 19:22 ; 2 Samuel 3:39 ; John 19:12-16 ; Proverbs 29:25
Jeremiah 38:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

For the king — I see I am as it were no king. I can do nothing against you, you will do what you please.

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

Jeremiah 38:5 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

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

Jeremiah 38:5 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 38:5 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 38:5 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:5 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:5 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 38:5 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 38:5 - Sermon Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 38:5 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 38:5 - The Biblical Illustrator

Jeremiah 38:5 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 38:5 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 38:5 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Jeremiah 38:5 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes