Adam Clarke Commentary - Jeremiah 38:9

Adam Clarke Commentary - Jeremiah 38:9 - 38:9

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Adam Clarke Commentary - Jeremiah 38:9 - 38:9

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This Chapter Verse Commentaries:

38:1 - 38:1
38:3 - 38:3
38:4 - 38:4
38:5 - 38:5
38:6 - 38:6
38:7 - 38:7
38:9 - 38:9
38:10 - 38:10
38:11 - 38:11
38:14 - 38:14
38:16 - 38:16
38:17 - 38:17
38:19 - 38:19
38:22 - 38:22
38:23 - 38:23
38:26 - 38:26
38:27 - 38:27

My lord the king, these men have done evil - He must have been much in the king’s confidence, and a humane and noble spirited man, thus to have raised his voice against the powerful cabal already mentioned.

There is no more bread in the city - They had defended it to the last extremity; and it appears that bread had been afforded to the prophet according to the king’s commandment, as long as there was any remaining. See Jer 36:21.