Jeremiah 39:18

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."

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but: Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 45:4, Jeremiah 45:5

because: Jeremiah 17:7, Jeremiah 17:8, Romans 2:12, 1 Chronicles 5:20, Psalms 2:12, Psalms 33:18, Psalms 34:22, Psalms 37:3, Psalms 37:39, Psalms 37:40, Psalms 84:12, Psalms 146:3-6, Psalms 147:11, Isaiah 26:3, Ephesians 1:12, 1 Peter 1:21

Reciprocal: Zephaniah 2:3 - hid

Gill's Notes on the Bible

For I will surely deliver thee,.... Or, in "delivering will deliver thee" p; this is a repetition and confirmation of what is promised in Jeremiah 39:17, and more fully explains it:

and thou shall not fall by the sword: by the sword of the Chaldeans, when the city should be taken, as he feared he should:

but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: shall be safe; be like a prey taken out of the hand of the mighty, and be enjoyed beyond expectation, having been given up for lost; and therefore matter of the greater joy, such as is expressed at the taking of spoils:

because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord. The Targum is, "in my word"; what he had done in serving the prophet, and other good actions, sprung from a principle of faith and confidence in the Lord; and this the Lord had a respect unto; without which works are not right; and without which it is impossible to please God with them; and which faith may be, and be true, where fears are.

p מלט אמלטך "eripiendo eripiam te", Schmidt; "eruendo eruam te", Pagninus, Montanus.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

A prey unto thee - An unexpected and unlooked-for gain. He had given proof of faith in courageously delivering God’s prophet.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 39:18. I will surely deliver thee — Thou hast feared the Lord, and not the king, nor his princes, and thou hast taken the part of the prophet, and become his intercessor. Thou shalt not be slain. Thou hast put thy trust in me; thou shalt therefore be safe whithersoever thou goest. They that fear God need fear nothing besides.