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Jeremiah 38:1 open_in_new
Pashur] see on Jeremiah 20:2.
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Jeremiah 38:1-28 open_in_new
1-3. The removal of Jeremiah from the prison was favourable to the publication of his message. Hence the alarm of the princes.
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Jeremiah 38:2 open_in_new
He that goeth forth] i.e. submits: so Jeremiah 38:17.
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Jeremiah 38:6 open_in_new
Dungeon] RM 'pit,'or cistern. It is conjectured that Psalms 69 may have been composed by Jeremiah on this occasion.
7-13. Jeremiah is rescued by Ebed-melech.
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Jeremiah 38:10 open_in_new
Thirty] possibly a copyist's error for 'three.'The two words resemble each other much more closely in Hebrew than in English.
14-28. The king again asks the prophet's advice. Result.
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Jeremiah 38:14 open_in_new
The third entry] Probably referring to some passage between the Temple and the palace.
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Jeremiah 38:15 open_in_new
Wilt thou not hearken unto me?] RV 'Thou wilt not hearken unto me.'
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Jeremiah 38:18 open_in_new
The king of Babylon's princes] Nebuchadnezzar was probably himself at Riblah: see Jeremiah 39:5.
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Jeremiah 38:19 open_in_new
And they mock me] for not surrendering sooner as they had done.
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Jeremiah 38:22 open_in_new
The women of the harem shall join in the reproaches, saying, Thy friends have persuaded thee against thy better judgment, and then deserted thee.
24-26. Zedekiah's weakness is again conspicuous.
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Jeremiah 38:28 open_in_new
And he was, etc.] RV 'And it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken'; the words thus belonging not to what precedes, but to Jeremiah 39.