1 Samuel 15:24; 1 Samuel 29:9; 2 Samuel 19:22; 2 Samuel 3:39; John 19:12-16; Proverbs 29:25
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.
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 griev...
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 in...
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...
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 ha...
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 a...
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 ca...
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes.
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...
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 h...
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, all...
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 t...
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 wh...
Jeremiah Put into the Dungeon; Ebed-melech's Care of Jeremiah. B. C. 589....
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 h...
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 No...
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 preve...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— Chronological Notes as on preceding chapter. Personal Allusions. Jeremiah 38:1 . “ Shephatiah ,” never elsewhere m...
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...
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...
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...
CONTINUATION . EXPOSITION The object of the princes being frustrated (for in the "court of the guard" Jeremiah had perfect freedom and opportu...
Jeremiah Cast into a Pit
Then Zedekiah, the king, weakly yielding to the demand of his counselors, especially since he seems to have harbored a secret grudge against the prop...
For the king — I see I am as it were no king. I can do nothing against you, you will do what you please.
5 Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.