Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 39:16

Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 39:16 - 39:16

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Matthew Poole Commentary - Jeremiah 39:16 - 39:16

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39:1 - 39:1
39:2 - 39:2
39:3 - 39:3
39:4 - 39:4
39:5 - 39:5
39:6 - 39:6
39:7 - 39:7
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

Ebed-melech is here again called the

Ethiopian, to the reproach of the Jews, that a stranger should show more kindness to a prophet of the Lord than any of that nation to whom he was specially sent; which was a type of the calling of the Gentiles, and rejection of the Jews. God assures Ebed-melech the city should be taken and burnt, and the people carried into captivity.