Jeremiah 39:9

Jeremiah 39:9

7 Moreover ^ahe put out Zedekiah’s eyes, and bound him with bronze¹ fetters to carry him off to Babylon.

8 ^aAnd the Chaldeans burned the king’s house and the houses of the people with ^bfire, and broke down the ^cwalls of Jerusalem.

9 ^aThen Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard carried away captive to Babylon the remnant of the people who remained in the city and those who ^bdefected to him, with the rest of the people who remained.

10 But Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard left in the land of Judah the ^apoor people, who had nothing, and gave them vineyards and fields¹ at the same time.

Jeremiah Goes Free

11 Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying,

12 “Take him and look after him, and do him no ^aharm; but do to him just as he says to you.”

13 So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard sent Nebushasban, Rabsaris, Nergal-Sharezer, Rabmag, and all the king of Babylon’s chief officers;

14 then they sent someone ^ato take Jeremiah from the court of the prison, and committed him ^bto Gedaliah the son of ^cAhikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he dwelt among the people.

15 Meanwhile the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah while he was shut up in the court of the prison, saying,

16 “Go and speak to ^aEbed-Melech the Ethiopian, saying, ‘Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: “Behold, ^bI will bring My words upon this city for adversity and not for good, and they shall be performed in that day before you.

Commentaries:

Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown

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remnant—excepting the poorest (Jeremiah 39:10), who caused Nebuchadnezzar no apprehensions.

those . . . that fell to him—the deserters were distrusted; or they may have been removed at their own request, lest the people should vent their rage on them as traitors, after the departure of the Chaldeans.

rest . . . that remained—distinct from the previous "remnant"; there he means the remnant of those besieged in the city, whom Nebuchadnezzar spared; here, those scattered through various districts of the country which had not been besieged [CALVIN].

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