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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 38:6 - 38:6
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dungeon - literally, the “cistern.” It was not a subterranean prison as that in Jonathan’s house (Jer 37:15), but a pit or cistern, which had been full of water, but was emptied of it during the siege, so that only “mire” remained. Such empty cisterns were often used as prisons (Zec 9:11); the depth forbade hope of escape.
Hammelech - (Jer 36:26). His son followed in the father’s steps, a ready tool for evil.
sunk in the mire - Jeremiah herein was a type of Messiah (Psa 69:2, Psa 69:14). “I sink in deep mire,” etc.