Jeremiah 38:22 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 38:22

20 But Jeremiah said, “They shall not deliver you. Please, obey the voice of the Lord which I speak to you. So it shall be ^awell with you, and your soul shall live.

21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is the word that the Lord has shown me:

22 ‘Now behold, all the ^awomen who are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be surrendered to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those women shall say:
“Your close friends have¹ set upon you
And prevailed against you;
Your feet have sunk in the mire,
And they have¹ turned away again.”

23 ‘So they shall surrender all your wives and ^achildren to the Chaldeans. ^bYou shall not escape from their hand, but shall be taken by the hand of the king of Babylon. And you shall cause this city to be burned with fire.’ ”

24 Then Zedekiah said to Jeremiah, “Let no one know of these words, and you shall not die.

25 But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you and say to you, ‘Declare to us now what you have said to the king, and also what the king said to you; do not hide it from us, and we will not put you to death,’

26 then you shall say to them, ^a‘I presented my request before the king, that he would not make me return ^bto Jonathan’s house to die there.’ ”

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Definitions of words in Jeremiah 38:22:

Again {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Against {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

All {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Close {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Have {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

House {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
House {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

In {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Left {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Set {International Standard Bible Encyclopedia}

Babylon {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Babylon {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

Judah {Easton's Bible Dictionary}
Judah {Hitchcock's Bible Names}

King {Easton's Bible Dictionary}

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