Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
presented—literally, "made my supplication to fall"; implying supplication with humble prostration (see on Jeremiah 36:7).
Jonathan's house— (Jeremiah 37:15), different from Malchiah's dungeon (Jeremiah 38:6). This statement was true, though not the whole truth; the princes had no right to the information; no sanction is given by Scripture here to Jeremiah's representation of this being the cause of his having come to the king. Fear drove him to it. Compare Genesis 20:2, Genesis 20:12; on the other hand, I Samuel 16:2, I Samuel 16:5.
left off speaking with—Hebrew, "were silent from him," that is, withdrawing from him they left him quiet (I Samuel 7:8, Margin).
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 38:26:
Jeremiah 36:7
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