Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
princes— (Jeremiah 39:3). He does not say "to the king himself," for he was at Riblah, in Hamath (Jeremiah 39:5; II Kings 25:6). "If thou go forth" (namely, to surrender; II Kings 24:12; Isaiah 36:16), God foreknows future conditional contingencies, and ordains not only the end, but also the means to the end.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 38:17:
Deuteronomy 17:15
2 Kings 25:6-7
2 Kings 25:22-26
Jeremiah 21:9
Jeremiah 38:15
Jeremiah 39:1
Jeremiah 52:31
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