Chapter 39

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am 3414, bc 590

the ninth Jer 52:4-7; 2Kgs 25:1, 2Kgs 25:2-7; Ezek 24:1-2; Zech 8:19

the tenth This was the month Tebeth (Esth 2:16), which began with the first moon of January; and it was on the 10th of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.


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am 3416, bc 588

the fourth This was the month Tammuz, which commences with the first moon of July. The siege had lasted just eighteen months. 2Kgs 25:3

was Jer 5:10, Jer 52:6-7; 2Kgs 25:4; Ezek 33:21; Mic 2:12-13; Zeph 1:10


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all the Jer 1:15, Jer 21:4, Jer 38:17

Nergalsharezer Jer 39:13; 2Kgs 17:30

Sarsechim These were the principal commanders; but Dr. Blayney thinks that, instead of six persons, we have in reality but three, as the name that follows each is the title of the office. Thus Nergal-Sharezer, who was Samgar-nebo, or keeper, i.e., priest of Nebo; Sarsechim, who was Rab-saris, or chief eunuch; and Nergal-sharezer, who was Rab-mag, or chief magi; as the words mog in Persian, magoos in Arabic, magooshai in Syriac, and μαγος G3097, in Greek, signify; and we learn from Justin and Curtius that the magi attended the king in war.


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when Jer 38:18-20; Lev 26:17, Lev 26:36; Deut 28:25, Deut 32:24-30; 2Kgs 25:4-7; Isa 30:15-16; Ezek 12:12; Amos 2:14

betwixt Jer 52:7-11; 2Chr 32:5


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Chaldeans' Jer 32:4-5, Jer 38:18, Jer 38:23; 2Chr 33:11; Lam 1:3, Lam 4:20

in the plains Jer 52:8; Josh 4:13, Josh 5:10

Riblah Jer 52:9, Jer 52:26-27; 2Kgs 23:33, 2Kgs 25:6

Hamath Num 13:21; Josh 13:5; Judg 3:3; 2Sam 8:9; 2Kgs 17:24

gave judgment upon him Heb. spake with him judgments, Jer 4:12; Ezek 17:15-21


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slew the Jer 52:10; 2Kgs 25:7

before Gen 21:16, Gen 44:34; Deut 28:34; 2Kgs 22:20; 2Chr 34:28; Esth 8:6; Isa 13:16

slew all Jer 21:7, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 34:19-21


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he put Jer 32:4-5, Jer 52:11; 2Kgs 25:7; Ezek 12:13

chains Heb. two brasen chains, or fetters, Judg 16:21; Ps 107:10-11, Ps 119:8


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burned Jer 7:20, Jer 9:10-12, Jer 17:27, Jer 21:10, Jer 34:2, Jer 34:22, Jer 37:10, Jer 38:18, Jer 52:13; 2Kgs 25:9; 2Chr 36:19; Isa 5:9; Lam 1:10, Lam 2:2, Lam 2:7; Amos 2:5; Mic 3:12

and brake Jer 52:14; 2Kgs 25:10; Neh 1:3


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Nebuzaradan Jer 39:13, Jer 40:1, Jer 52:12-16, Jer 52:26; 2Kgs 25:11, 2Kgs 25:20

captain of the guard or, chief marshal, Heb. chief of the executioners, or slaughter-men, and so, Jer 39:10, Jer 39:11-14; Gen 37:36

carried Jer 10:18, Jer 16:13, Jer 20:4-6, Jer 52:28-30; Lev 26:33; Deut 4:27; 2Kgs 20:18; Isa 5:13


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left of Jer 40:7; 2Kgs 25:12; Ezek 33:24

at the same time Heb. in that day


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Now Nebuchadnezzar must have frequently heard of Jeremiah's predictions, many of which were now fulfilled, which would dispose him to respect his character and treat him with kindness.

gave Jer 15:11, Jer 15:21; Job 5:19; Acts 24:23

to Heb. by the hand of, Jer 37:2 *marg.


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look well to him Heb. set thine eyes upon him, Jer 24:6, Jer 40:4 *marg. Prov 23:5; Amos 9:4; 1Pet 3:12

do him Ps 105:14-15; Prov 16:7, Prov 21:1; Acts 7:10; 1Pet 3:13


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Nebuzaradan Jer 39:3, Jer 39:9


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took Jer 39:15, Jer 37:21, Jer 38:13, Jer 38:28, Jer 40:1-4; Ps 105:19

committed Jer 40:5-16, Jer 41:1-3; 2Kgs 25:22-25

Ahikam Jer 26:24


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while Jer 39:14, Jer 32:1-2, Jer 36:1-5, Jer 37:21; 2Tim 2:9


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Ebedmelech Jer 38:7-13

Behold Jer 5:14, Jer 19:11-12, Jer 21:7-10, Jer 24:8-10, Jer 26:15, Jer 26:18, Jer 26:20, Jer 32:28-29, Jer 34:2-3, Jer 34:22; Jer 35:17, Jer 36:31, Jer 44:28-29; Josh 23:14-15; 2Chr 36:21; Dan 9:12; Zech 1:6; Matt 24:35

before thee Ps 91:8-9, Ps 92:11


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I will Jer 1:19; Job 5:19-21; Ps 41:1-2, Ps 50:15, Ps 91:14-15; Dan 6:16; Matt 10:40-42; Matt 25:40; 2Tim 1:16-18

of whom Jer 38:1, Jer 38:9; Gen 15:1; 2Sam 24:14


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but Jer 21:9, Jer 38:2, Jer 45:4-5

because Jer 17:7-8; Rom 2:12; 1Chr 5:20; Ps 2:12, Ps 33:18, Ps 34:22, Ps 37:3, Ps 37:39-40, Ps 84:12; Ps 146:3-6, Ps 147:11; Isa 26:3; Eph 1:12; 1Pet 1:21


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