Verse 1

Introduction

Overview

Jeremiah 38 . 1 , Jeremiah , by a false suggestion , is put into the dungeon of Malchiah; Jeremiah 38 . 7 , Edeb-melech , by suit , gets him some enlargement; Jeremiah 38 . 14 , Upon secret conference , he counsels the king by yielding to save his life; Jeremiah 38 . 24 , By the king’s instructions he conceals the conference from the princes.

Shephatiah . Ezra 2 . 3 , Nehemiah 7 . 9

Jucal . Jeremiah 37 . 4 , Jehucal

Pashur . Jeremiah 21 . 1-10 , Melchiah , 1 Chronicles 9 . 12 , Malchijah , Nehemiah 11 . 12

heard . Acts 4 . 1 , Acts 4 . 2 , Acts 4 . 6-10 , Acts 5 . 28

Reciprocal . 1 Chronicles 6 . 40 . Baaseiah Jeremiah 11 . 21 . thou Jeremiah 25 . 2 . General Jeremiah 36 . 16 . We Jeremiah 37 . 13 . Hananiah Jeremiah 38 . 9 . these Jeremiah 38 . 16 . of these Jeremiah 39 . 17 . of whom

welfare . Heb. peace , Jeremiah 29 . 7

Reciprocal . Numbers 16 . 41 . Ye have 1 Kings 13 . 4 . Lay hold 1 Kings 22 . 8 . good 2 Kings 6 . 31 . if the head 2 Chronicles 18 . 7 . good 2 Chronicles 36 . 14 . all the chief Ezra 4 . 4 . weakened Job 31 . 34 . Did I Isaiah 30 . 10 . say Jeremiah 12 . 5 . canst Jeremiah 26 . 10 . the princes Jeremiah 32 . 3 . Wherefore Jeremiah 34 . 10 . when Jeremiah 37 . 13 . Thou Jeremiah 38 . 22 . Thy friends Jeremiah 38 . 25 . General Jeremiah 43 . 3 . to deliver Jeremiah 44 . 16 . we Lamentations 3 . 52 . chased Ezekiel 22 . 9 . men that carry tales Habakkuk 1 . 4 . for Mark 12 . 3 . they Luke 20 . 10 . beat John 11 . 53 . put Acts 4 . 17 . let Acts 5 . 28 . intend Acts 25 . 3 . desired Revelation 11 . 10 . these

Verse 5

for . 1 Samuel 15 . 24 , 1 Samuel 29 . 9 , 2 Samuel 3 . 39 , 2 Samuel 19 . 22 , Proverbs 29 . 25 , John 19 . 12-16

Reciprocal . Genesis 16 . 6 . in Exodus 23 . 2 . to decline Joshua 9 . 25 . we are Job 1 . 12 . power Job 31 . 34 . Did I Jeremiah 26 . 14 . As for Jeremiah 37 . 17 . asked Jeremiah 38 . 19 . I Daniel 6 . 16 . the king

Verse 6

took . Jeremiah 37 . 21 , Psalm 109 . 5 , Luke 3 . 19 , Luke 3 . 20

into . Jeremiah 37 . 16 , Lamentations 3 . 55 , Acts 16 . 24 , 2 Corinthians 4 . 8 , 2 Corinthians 4 . 9 , Hebrews 10 . 36

Hammelech . or , the king , Jeremiah 36 . 26

and they . Jeremiah 38 . 11 , Jeremiah 38 . 12

And in . This dungeon , which seems to have belonged to one of Zedekiah's sons , appears to have been a most dreadful place; the horrors of which were probably augmented by the cruelty of the jailor. "The eastern people ," observes Sir J. Chardin , "have not different prisons for the different classes of criminals; the judges do not trouble themselves about where the prisoners are confined , or how they are treated , considering it merely as a place of safety; and all that they require of the jailor is , that the prisoner be forthcoming when called for. As to the rest , he is master to do as he pleases; to treat him well or ill; to put him in irons or not; to shut him up close , or hold him in easier restraint; to admit people to him , or to suffer nobody to see him. If the jailor and his servants have large fees , let the person be the greatest rascal in the world , he shall be lodged in the jailor's own apartment , and the best part of it; and on the contrary , if those that have imprisoned a man give the jailor greater presents , or that he has a greater regard for them , he will treat the prisoner with the greatest inhumanity." This adds a double energy to those passages which speak of "the sighing of the prisoner ," and to Jeremiah's supplicating that he might not be remanded to the dungeon of Jonathan . Jeremiah 38 . 26 , Jeremiah 37 . 20. Jeremiah 38 . 22 , Genesis 37 . 24 , Psalm 40 . 2 , Psalm 69 . 2 , Psalm 69 . 14 , Psalm 69 . 15 , Lamentations 3 . 52-55 , Zechariah 9 . 11

Reciprocal . Exodus 12 . 29 . dungeon Exodus 23 . 2 . to decline 1 Kings 22 . 27 . Put this fellow 2 Chronicles 18 . 25 . and carry him back 2 Chronicles 36 . 16 . misused Job 30 . 19 . cast me Isaiah 24 . 22 . shall they Isaiah 51 . 14 . die Jeremiah 1 . 19 . And they Jeremiah 20 . 2 . smote Jeremiah 29 . 26 . that thou Jeremiah 32 . 2 . Jeremiah Jeremiah 36 . 5 . General Jeremiah 37 . 15 . in the Jeremiah 38 . 13 . So Lamentations 3 . 1 . the man Lamentations 3 . 7 . hedged Lamentations 3 . 53 . cut Daniel 3 . 23 . fell Luke 4 . 28 . were 2 Corinthians 6 . 5 . imprisonments Hebrews 11 . 36 . bonds

Verse 7

Ebedmelech . Jeremiah 39 . 16-18

Ethiopian . Jeremiah 13 . 23 , Psalm 68 . 31 , Matthew 8 . 11 , Matthew 8 . 12 , Matthew 20 . 16 , Luke 10 . 30-36 , Luke 13 . 29 , Luke 13 . 30 , Acts 8 . 27-39

eunuchs . Jeremiah 29 . 2 , Jeremiah 34 . 19 , 2 Kings 24 . 15 , *marg.

the king . Jeremiah 37 . 13 , Deuteronomy 21 . 19 , Job 29 . 7-17 , Amos 5 . 10

Reciprocal . Joshua 20 . 4 . at the entering 2 Kings 5 . 13 . his servants 2 Chronicles 18 . 25 . and carry him back Proverbs 31 . 8 . Open Isaiah 56 . 3 . neither Jeremiah 20 . 2 . in the high Jeremiah 26 . 16 . General Zechariah 14 . 10 . from Benjamin's Luke 10 . 33 . Samaritan Hebrews 13 . 3 . them that

Verse 8

Reciprocal . Jeremiah 32 . 3 . Behold Micah 7 . 18 . that

Verse 9

these . Jeremiah 38 . 1-6 , Esther 7 . 4-6 , Job 31 . 34 , Proverbs 24 . 11 , Proverbs 24 . 12 , Proverbs 31 . 8 , Proverbs 31 . 9

is like to die . Heb. will die

for there . Jeremiah 37 . 21 , Jeremiah 52 . 6

Reciprocal . Genesis 47 . 18 . General Exodus 23 . 2 . to decline Isaiah 3 . 1 . the stay Jeremiah 39 . 17 . of whom Lamentations 1 . 11 . seek Lamentations 3 . 53 . cut 2 Corinthians 11 . 27 . in hunger

Verse 10

the king . Esther 5 . 2 , Esther 8 . 7 , Psalm 75 . 10 , Proverbs 21 . 1

with thee . Heb. in thine hand

Reciprocal . Jeremiah 37 . 13 . Hananiah Jeremiah 37 . 16 . into the dungeon

Verse 11

let them . Jeremiah 38 . 6

Reciprocal . Joshua 6 . 19 . the treasury

Verse 12

Put . Romans 12 . 10 , Romans 12 . 15 , Ephesians 4 . 32

Reciprocal . Jeremiah 38 . 6 . and they

Verse 13

So . Jeremiah 38 . 6

Jeremiah . Jeremiah 38 . 28 , Jeremiah 37 . 21 , Jeremiah 39 . 14-18 , 1 Kings 22 . 27 , Acts 23 . 35 , Acts 24 . 23-26 , Acts 28 . 16 , Acts 28 . 30

Reciprocal . Exodus 12 . 29 . dungeon

Verse 14

sent . Jeremiah 21 . 1 , Jeremiah 21 . 2 , Jeremiah 37 . 17

third . or , principal , 1 Kings 10 . 5 , 2 Kings 16 . 18

I will . Jeremiah 42 . 2-5 , Jeremiah 42 . 20 , 1 Samuel 3 . 17 , 1 Samuel 3 . 18 , 1 Kings 22 . 16 , 2 Chronicles 18 . 15

Reciprocal . 2 Samuel 14 . 18 . Hide not 2 Chronicles 18 . 5 . Shall we go 2 Chronicles 36 . 12 . before Jeremiah Ezekiel 7 . 26 . then Ezekiel 14 . 7 . and cometh Acts 24 . 25 . Go

Verse 15

Luke 22 . 67 , Luke 22 . 68

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 1 . 12 . let me Proverbs 12 . 15 . but John 11 . 53 . put Hebrews 1 . 8 . a sceptre

Verse 16

sware . Jeremiah 37 . 17 , John 3 . 2

that made . Numbers 16 . 22 , Numbers 27 . 16 , Ecclesiastes 12 . 7 , Isaiah 57 . 16 , Zechariah 12 . 1 , Hebrews 12 . 9

of these . Jeremiah 38 . 1-6 , Jeremiah 34 . 20

Reciprocal . 1 Samuel 20 . 3 . as thy soul Job 31 . 34 . Did I Jeremiah 22 . 25 . I

Verse 17

the God of hosts . Psalm 80 . 7 , Psalm 80 . 14 , Amos 5 . 27

the God of Israel . 1 Chronicles 17 . 24 , Ezra 9 . 4

If thou . Jeremiah 38 . 2 , Jeremiah 7 . 6 , Jeremiah 7 . 7 , Jeremiah 21 . 8-10 , Jeremiah 27 . 12 , Jeremiah 27 . 17 , Jeremiah 39 . 3 , Job 23 . 13

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 24 . 12 . Jehoiachin 2 Kings 24 . 20 . Zedekiah Jeremiah 21 . 4 . Behold Jeremiah 21 . 9 . that abideth Jeremiah 27 . 8 . that nation Jeremiah 29 . 16 . General Jeremiah 37 . 13 . Thou Jeremiah 40 . 9 . Fear Ezekiel 17 . 14 . but that by keeping of his covenant it might stand Zephaniah 3 . 7 . so

Verse 18

if thou . 2 Kings 24 . 12 , 2 Kings 25 . 27-30

then . Jeremiah 38 . 3 , Jeremiah 38 . 23 , Jeremiah 24 . 8-10 , Jeremiah 32 . 3-5 , Jeremiah 34 . 2 , Jeremiah 34 . 3 , Jeremiah 34 . 19-22 , Jeremiah 39 . 3 , Jeremiah 39 . 5-7 , Jeremiah 52 . 7-11 , 2 Kings 25 . 4-10 , Ezekiel 12 . 13 , Ezekiel 17 . 20 , Ezekiel 17 . 21 , Ezekiel 21 . 25-27

Reciprocal . 1 Kings 12 . 26 . Now shall Jeremiah 1 . 18 . against Jeremiah 21 . 4 . Behold Jeremiah 21 . 10 . it shall Jeremiah 25 . 35 . the shepherds Jeremiah 32 . 4 . General Jeremiah 39 . 4 . when Jeremiah 39 . 8 . burned Ezekiel 12 . 10 . prince Ezekiel 17 . 15 . shall he escape Ezekiel 24 . 11 . set it

Verse 19

I . Jeremiah 38 . 5 , 1 Samuel 15 . 24 , Job 31 . 34 , Proverbs 29 . 25 , Isaiah 51 . 12 , Isaiah 51 . 13 , Isaiah 57 . 11 , John 12 . 42 , John 19 . 12 , John 19 . 13

mock . Jeremiah 38 . 22 , Judges 9 . 54 , Judges 16 . 25 , 1 Samuel 31 . 4 , Isaiah 45 . 9 , Isaiah 45 . 10

Reciprocal . Ezekiel 11 . 8 . General

Verse 20

Obey . Jeremiah 26 . 13 , 2 Chronicles 20 . 20 , Daniel 4 . 27 , Acts 26 . 29 , 2 Corinthians 5 . 11 , 2 Corinthians 5 . 20 , 2 Corinthians 6 . 1 , Philemon 1 . 8-10 , James 1 . 22

and thy . Isaiah 55 . 3

Reciprocal . Jeremiah 15 . 19 . let them Jeremiah 27 . 13 . Why Ephesians 4 . 1 . beseech

Verse 21

if thou . Jeremiah 5 . 3 , Exodus 10 . 3 , Exodus 10 . 4 , Exodus 16 . 28 , Job 34 . 33 , Proverbs 1 . 24-31 , Isaiah 1 . 19 , Isaiah 1 . 20 , Hebrews 12 . 25

this is . Jeremiah 15 . 19-21 , Jeremiah 26 . 15 , Numbers 23 . 19 , Numbers 23 . 20 , Numbers 24 . 13 , Job 23 . 13 , Ezekiel 2 . 4 , Ezekiel 2 . 5 , Ezekiel 2 . 7 , Ezekiel 3 . 17-19 , Acts 18 . 6 , Acts 20 . 26 , Acts 20 . 27

Reciprocal . 2 Kings 8 . 10 . the Lord Jeremiah 17 . 27 . then Jeremiah 21 . 7 . I will Jeremiah 42 . 19 . know

Verse 22

all . Jeremiah 41 . 10 , Jeremiah 43 . 6 , Lamentations 5 . 11

and those . Mr. Harmer would render , "and here (hennah or reading hinneh behold) , the women (wont to sing on public occasions) shall say ," etc.; observing "that these bitter speeches much better suit the lips of women belonging to the conquering nation , singing before a captive prince , than of his own wives and concubines." This he illustrates by the following extract from Della Valle . When he was at Lar , in Persia , the king of Ormuz was brought thither in triumph; and "this poor unfortunate king entered Lar , with his people , in the morning , music playing , and girls and women singing and dancing before him , according to the custom of Persia , and the people flocking together with a prodigious concourse , and conducting him in a pompous and magnificent manner , particularly with colours displayed , like what the Messenians formerly did to Philopoemen , the general of the Athenians , their prisoner of war , according to the report of Justin."

Thy friends . Heb. The men of thy peace , Jeremiah 38 . 4-6 , Jeremiah 20 . 10 , Psalm 41 . 9 ,*marg.

have set . Jeremiah 38 . 19 , Lamentations 1 . 2 , Micah 7 . 5

thy feet . Jeremiah 38 . 6 , Psalm 69 . 2 , Psalm 69 . 14

they are . Jeremiah 46 . 5 , Jeremiah 46 . 21 , Isaiah 42 . 17 , Lamentations 1 . 13

Reciprocal . Jeremiah 30 . 14 . lovers Obadiah 1 . 7 . men that were at peace with thee