Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 37:20

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 37:20 - 37:20

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 37:20 - 37:20

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37:1 - 37:1
37:2 - 37:2
37:3 - 37:3
37:4 - 37:4
37:5 - 37:5
37:7 - 37:7
37:8 - 37:8
37:9 - 37:9
37:10 - 37:10
37:11 - 37:11
37:12 - 37:12
37:13 - 37:13
37:15 - 37:15
37:16 - 37:16
37:17 - 37:17
37:18 - 37:18
37:19 - 37:19
37:20 - 37:20
37:21 - 37:21

be accepted - rather, “Let my supplication be humbly presented” (see on Jer 36:7), [Henderson].

lest I die there - in the subterranean dungeon (Jer 37:16), from want of proper sustenance (Jer 37:21). The prophet naturally shrank from death, which makes his spiritual firmness the more remarkable; he was ready to die rather than swerve from his duty [Calvin].