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Jer_38:9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for [there is] no more bread in the city.
Ver. 9. My lord the king, these men have done evil.] What a brave man was this, to oppose so many princes, and so potent that the king himself dared not displease them! It was God’s holy Spirit that put this mettle into him, and gave him the freedom of speech. {Psa_119:46}
And he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is.] Or, Who would have died for hunger in the place where he was.
For there is no more bread in the city.] Cum panum annona sit pauca et parca. What need he to be doubly murdered?