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JEREMIAH CHAPTER 38
Jeremiah prophesieth; is by the princes, with the king’s permission, cast into a dungeon; but is by Ebed-melech, with the king’s consent, taken out again, Jer_38:1-13. He hath a secret conference with the king, in which he counselleth him by yielding to save his life, Jer_38:14-23. By the king’s command he concealeth the conference from the princes, Jer_38:24-27. He abideth in prison till Jerusalem is taken, Jer_38:28.
Vers. 1. Here are four of the great men, counsellors, or great officers to Zedekiah, named, of whom we have no further mention in holy writ, nor are they worthy of much inquiry after. Jeremiah being now removed into a little freer air, where his friends, or such as had a desire to see him, came to him, and it is very likely were inquisitive to know what God would do with the city, he could not but tell them what he knew of the mind of God in the case, and advise them the best he could. Some of them go to these princes, and inform them of what they had heard from the prophet.