Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 39:5

Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 39:5 - 39:5

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Jamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 39:5 - 39:5

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39:1 - 39:1
39:3 - 39:3
39:4 - 39:4
39:5 - 39:5
39:6 - 39:6
39:8 - 39:8
39:9 - 39:9
39:10 - 39:10
39:11 - 39:11
39:12 - 39:12
39:13 - 39:13
39:14 - 39:14
39:15 - 39:15
39:16 - 39:16
39:17 - 39:17
39:18 - 39:18

Riblah - north of Palestine (see Jer 1:14; Num 34:11). Hamath is identified by commentators with Antioch, in Syria, on the Orontes, called Epiphania, from Antiochus Epiphanes.

gave judgment upon him - literally, “spake judgments with him,” that is, brought him to trial as a common criminal, not as a king. He had violated his oath (Eze 17:13-19; 2Ch 36:13).