Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
be accepted—rather, "Let my supplication be humbly presented" (see on Jeremiah 36:7), [HENDERSON].
lest I die there—in the subterranean dungeon (Jeremiah 37:16), from want of proper sustenance (Jeremiah 37:21). The prophet naturally shrank from death, which makes his spiritual firmness the more remarkable; he was ready to die rather than swerve from his duty [CALVIN].
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 37:20:
Jeremiah 32:2
Jeremiah 42:2
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