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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 38:26 - 38:26
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presented - literally, “made my supplication to fall”; implying supplication with humble prostration (see on Jer 36:7).
Jonathan’s house - (Jer 37:15), different from Malchiah’s dungeon (Jer 38:6). This statement was true, though not the whole truth; the princes had no right to the information; no sanction is given by Scripture here to Jeremiah’s representation of this being the cause of his having come to the king. Fear drove him to it. Compare Gen 20:2, Gen 20:12; on the other hand, 1Sa 16:2, 1Sa 16:5.
left off speaking with - Hebrew, “were silent from him,” that is, withdrawing from him they left him quiet (1Sa 7:8, Margin).