Jeremiah 39:12 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

“ Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. ”

• Jeremiah 39:12 - Arno Geneva Study Bible

  Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do to him (e) even as he shall say to thee. (e) Thus God preserved his prophet by his means, whom he made the scourge to punish the king, and...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

  The Fall of Jerusalem: Jeremiah Spared. This paragraph well illustrates the growth of the OT text; cf. 2 Kings 25:1-12 (also reproduced in Jeremiah 52:4-16 , from which Jeremiah 39:1 f. and...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes

  look well to him. Not the first, rejected by the Jews, who was honoured by the Gentiles.

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

  It is indeed probable that the king of Babylon had heard of Jeremiah; and though he was in prison, yet the Word of God, which he boldly proclaimed, was not bound. Then the report of this might...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

  Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. Take him - look well to him - Nebuchadnezzar had heard that this prophet had foretold his capture o...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

  Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. Look well to him - Hebrew, set thine eyes upon him; provide for his well-being.

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

  The Capture of Jerusalem (11th year of Zedekiah) The narrative in this c., with some varieties in detail, coincides with that of Jeremiah 52 and with 2 Kings 25 . 1-7. The city taken. Zedeki...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

  CHAPTER XIII GEDALIAH Jeremiah 39:1-18 ; Jeremiah 40:1-16 ; Jeremiah 41:1-18 ; Jeremiah 52:1-34 "Then arose Ishmael ben Nethaniah, and the ten men that were with him, and smote with the swo...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

  This chapter records the fall of Jerusalem. After a long siege lasting from the tenth month of the ninth year of Zedekiah's reign until the fourth month of the eleventh year, at last "a breach was ma...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

  Behold the care the Lord takes of his people, agreeably to his promise, Jeremiah 15:11 . And is it not so in all ages? Oh! Reader, never lose sight of the blessed doctrine that ariseth out of this s...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

  Take him, and look well to him ,.... Take him out of prison; take him under your immediate care; receive him kindly, and use him humanely; provide everything necessary for him, and let him not want...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

  Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. Ver. 12. Take him, and look well to him. ] A wicked man, we see, may be loving and liberal to a...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Now Nebuchadrezzar gave charge concerning Jeremiah He had undoubtedly been informed of the advice which Jeremiah had given, both to the king and people, to submit themselves to his authority: which...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

  Jerusalem Released. B. C. 588.       11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge conce...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

  It is more than probable that Nebuchadrezzar had been informed by some of the chief commanders of his army, who had it from some of the Jews that had escaped out of the city to the Chaldean army, tha...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

  CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. — Cf . notes in loc . chap. 34. The siege lasted just one year and six months, not reckoning the interval during which the Chaldeans bro...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

  Jeremiah 39:1 . In the ninth year of Zedekiah they besieged Jerusalem. On the very day that God revealed to Ezekiel in Babylon the taking of the city. This would reconcile the captives to their lo...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

  EXPOSITION This chapter is very confused as it stands. To restore order it is absolutely necessary to suppose that some passages (viz. Jeremiah 39:1 , Jeremiah 39:2 , and Jeremiah 39:4-24 ) h...

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

  Concerning The Fate of Jeremiah and of Ebed-Melech.

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

  1 Peter 3:12 ; 1 Peter 3:13 ; Acts 7:10 ; Amos 9:4 ; Jeremiah 24:6 ; Jeremiah 40:4 ; Proverbs 16:7 ; Proverbs 21:1 ; Proverbs 23:5 ; Psalms 105:14 ; Psalms 105:15

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• Jeremiah 39:12 - Wesley's Explanatory Notes

  Take him — It is probable, that Nebuchadnezzar had been informed, Jeremiah had constantly told the king, that the Chaldeans should take the city, and as steadily persuaded both the king and princes...

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