Jeremiah 39

Jeremiah 39:1

IN the ninth yeer of Zedekiah] 2 Kings 25:1. Chap. 52. 4.

Jeremiah 39:2

the citie was broken up] The first gate being broken open, and one part of the citie surprised. ver. 3.

Jeremiah 39:3

and sat in] Or, sat down at.

the middle gate] Called the second gate, Zephaniah 1:10. in the mid-wall, that divided the one part of the Citie from the other.

Samgar-nebo] Or, the treasurer of Nebo, or, of that idols Temples. See Isaiah 46:1.

Rab-saris] Or, the Captain of the guard.

Rab-mag] Or, the Camp-master. vers. 13.

Jeremiah 39:4

the king of Judah saw them] That they had pierced so farre into the Citie.

they fled] As despairing to hold out any longer.

by the gate betwix the two walls] A postern gate, to the South of the Citie, 2 Kings 25:4. Chap. 52. 7.

went out the way of the plain] Intending, it may be, for Egypt.

Jeremiah 39:5

they brought him up to Nebuchadnezzar] Or, brought him unto. See Chap. 16. 14.

to Riblah] Antiochia in Syria.

the land of Hamath] Isaiah 37:13.

he gave judgement upon him] Heb. spake with him judgements. Chap. 4. 12 & 12. 1. & 52. 9.

Jeremiah 39:6

the king of Babylon slew] Caused them to be slain: as Chap. 37. 15. & 52. 10. 1 Samuel 15:33.

the sonnes of Zedekiah] Being brought thither to him: as was foretold, Chap. 38. 23.

all the nobles of Judah] Heb. white ones. Chap. 27. 20.

Jeremiah 39:7

he put out Zedekiahs eyes] Heb. blinded. Deuteronomy 16:19.

bound him with chains] Heb. with two brasen chains, or, fetters. Judges 16:21.

to carry him to Babylon] Whither also he did carry him, Chap. 52. 11. So 2 Chronicles 36:6.

Jeremiah 39:8

burnt the kings house, &c.] Chap. 21. 10. & 38. 23.

Jeremiah 39:9

the captain of the guard] Or, chief marshall. Heb. chief of the executioners, or, slaughter-men. and so vers. 10, 11, &c. Genesis 39:1.

Jeremiah 39:10

left of the poore of the people] Thus the rich and mighty, that trusted most to their shifts and means, were by Gods just judgement most rigorously handled: the meaner sort escaping and faring better, then those, who had formerly oppessed them, Isa. 28. 15,—18. Ezek. 34. 17-22.

at the same time] Heb. in that day. Isaiah 26:1. vers. 17.

Jeremiah 39:11

to Nebuzar-adan] Or, by him. Heb. by the hand of Nebuzar-adan. Chap. 37. 2.

Jeremiah 39:12

look well to him] Heb. set thine eyes upon him. Psalms 34:15. Chap. 40. 4.

even as he shall say unto thee] As he himself shall require. Thus God preserved the Prophet by him, whom he made a scourge to punish his adversaries.

Jeremiah 39:13

Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag] Of these see vers. 3. where this office is ascribed unto another; unlesse the same man had divers names.

the king of Babylons princes] Heb. great ones. Chap. 41. 1. and 52. 13.

Jeremiah 39:14

they sent] Or, gave order to have him taken out of prison, (where he then was, Chap. 38. 28.) set at libertie, and commended to Gedaliah: which yet, it seemeth, was not so carefully put in execution till afterward, Chap. 40. 1, 4.

and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison and committed him] Or, to take, &c. and to commit him as Joshua 24:9. Malachi 1:9.

unto Gedaliah] Whom the King of Babylon had made governour of the people left in the land, 2 Kings 25:22. Chap. 40. 5.

the sonne of Ahikam] Who before delivered Jeremiah out of the hands of those that sought his life, Chap. 26. 24.

that he should carry him home] To Anathoth, whence he was, Chap. 1. 1.

so he dwelt among the people] Or, yet he abode still, or, stayed (as Deuteronomy 9:9. Chap. 38. 13. 28.) among the rest of the people: with whom, through the negligence of those, to whom the charge concerning him was committed, though let out of prison with such others as were found there, yet not loosed from his bands, he was carried in chains to Ramath, Chap. 40. 1.

Jeremiah 39:16

Ebed-mlech] Chap. 38. 7.

the Ethiopian] Heb. Cushite. Chap. 13. 23.

for evil] Chap. 21. 16. & 44. 27.

before thee] Thou surviving to see it. Chap. 16. 9. & 20. 4.

Jeremiah 39:17

I will deliver thee] This reward had he for his zeal and kindnesse shewed to Gods prophet, Chap. 38. 9,—13.

in that day] Or, at that time. vers. 10.

into the hand] Or, power. Chap. 20. 4, 5.

Jeremiah 39:18

I will surely deliver thee] Heb. delivering deliver.

thy life] Heb. soul. Chap. 34. 20.

for a prey unto thee] Chap. 21. 9. & 45. 5.

because thou hast put thy trust in me] Psal. 37. 40