Jeremiah 39:14

The Holy Bible, Berean Study Bible

Contextual Overview

¹¹Now Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon had given orders about Jeremiah through Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, saying, ¹²"Take him, look after him, and do not let any harm come to him; do for him whatever he says." ¹³So Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard, Nebushazban the Rab-saris, Nergal-sharezer the Rab-mag, and all the captains of the king of Babylon ¹⁴had Jeremiah brought from the courtyard of the guard, and they turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he remained among his own people.¹⁵And while Jeremiah had been confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD had come to him: ¹⁶"Go and tell Ebed-melech the Cushite that this is what the LORD of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill My words against this city for harm and not for good, and on that day they will be fulfilled before your eyes. ¹⁷But I will deliver you on that day, declares the LORD, and you will not be handed over to the men you fear. ¹⁸For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD."

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

took: Jeremiah 39:15, Jeremiah 37:21, Jeremiah 38:13, Jeremiah 38:28, Jeremiah 40:1-4, Psalms 105:19

committed: Jeremiah 40:5-16, Jeremiah 41:1-3, 2 Kings 25:22-25

Ahikam: Jeremiah 26:24

Reciprocal: 2 Kings 22:9 - Shaphan 2 Chronicles 34:8 - sent Shaphan Jeremiah 29:3 - Shaphan Jeremiah 40:6 - Then

Cross-References

Genesis 10:21
And sons were also born to Shem, the older brother of Japheth; Shem was the forefather of all the sons of Eber.

Genesis 14:13
Then an escapee came and reported this to Abram the Hebrew. Now Abram was living near the oaks of Mamre the Amorite, a brother of Eshcol and Aner, all of whom were bound by treaty to Abram.

Genesis 39:7
and after some time his master's wife cast her eyes on Joseph and said, "Sleep with me."

Genesis 39:14
she called her household servants. "Look," she said, "this Hebrew has been brought to us to make sport of us. He came to me so he could sleep with me, but I screamed as loud as I could.

Genesis 39:17
Then she told him the same story: "The Hebrew slave you brought us came to me to make sport of me,

Genesis 39:18
but when I screamed for help, he left his cloak beside me and ran out of the house."

Genesis 39:19
When his master heard the story his wife told him, saying, "This is what your slave did to me," he burned with anger.

Genesis 40:15
For I was kidnapped from the land of the Hebrews, and even here I have done nothing for which they should have put me in this dungeon."

Psalms 35:11
Hostile witnesses come forward; they make charges I know nothing about.

Psalms 55:3
at the voice of the enemy, at the pressure of the wicked. For they release disaster upon me and revile me in their anger.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Even they sent and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison,.... Where he was, when Jerusalem was taken, Jeremiah 38:28; and where he remained until this order came:

and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan; the father of this person seems to be the same who saved Jeremiah from being delivered into the hand of the people, to be put to death by them, in Jehoiakim's reign, Jeremiah 26:24; and he himself was doubtless a prince of Judah, that deserted to the Chaldeans during the siege, and was in esteem with them, and appointed a governor over those that were left in the land: now what is here recorded was not done immediately after Jeremiah was taken out of the court of the prison; for however it was, whether through the multiplicity of business, or the neglect of inferior officers, who did not attend to the charge the captain of the guard gave them concerning Jeremiah; though he was taken out of prison, he was bound in chains, and carried among the captives to Ramah; where, very probably, Nebuzaradan, looking over his prisoners, to his great surprise finds the prophet among them; when he released him, and, after some discourse with him, sent him to Gedaliah; see Jeremiah 40:1;

that he should carry him home; or, "to the house" o; either to the house of Gedaliah, as Kimchi; or rather to the house of Jeremiah in Anathoth:

so he dwelt among the people; that were left in the land, being at full liberty.

o אל הבית "in domum", Schmidt; "ad domum", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah was to be taken out of the court of the watch, and placed in the palace close by.

He dwelt among the people - i. e., he was no longer in custody, but master of his own actions.