Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
while he was not yet gone back—parenthetical. When Jeremiah hesitated whether it would be best for him to go, Nebuzara-dan proceeded to say, "Go, then, to Gedaliah," (not as English Version, "Go back, also"), if thou preferrest (as Nebuzara-dan inferred from Jeremiah's hesitancy) to stop here rather than go with me.
victuals— (Isaiah 33:16).
reward—rather, "a present." This must have been a seasonable relief to the prophet, who probably lost his all in the siege.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 40:5:
Jeremiah 15:11
Jeremiah 39:14
Jeremiah 39:14
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