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Commentary Index | Return to PrayerRequest.comJamieson Fausset Brown Commentary - Jeremiah 40:5 - 40:5
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while he was not yet gone back - parenthetical. When Jeremiah hesitated whether it would be best for him to go, Nebuzara-dan proceeded to say, “Go, then, to Gedaliah,” (not as English Version, “Go back, also”), if thou preferrest (as Nebuzara-dan inferred from Jeremiah’s hesitancy) to stop here rather than go with me.
victuals - (Isa 33:16).
reward - rather, “a present.” This must have been a seasonable relief to the prophet, who probably lost his all in the siege.