Jeremiah 38:1-23, Luke 10:25-37

John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:13

Jer 38:13 So they drew up Jeremiah with cords, and took him up out of the dungeon: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. Ver. 13. So they drew up Jeremiah with cords. ] And God was not unrighteous to forget this their work and labour of love. Heb 6:10 Jer 39:17-18 And Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison. ] Manacled and fettered, as some a gather from Jeremiah 40:4 . a R. David, Vatabl. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:14

Jer 38:14 Then Zedekiah the king sent, and took Jeremiah the prophet unto him into the third entry that [is] in the house of the LORD: and the king said unto Jeremiah, I will ask thee a thing; hide nothing from me. Ver. 14. Then Zedekiah … took Jeremiah into the third entry.] Which was right over against the king’s house. This wretched king was so overawed by his counsellors that he dared not advise with God’s prophet in their presence, or with their privity. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:15

Jer 38:15 Then Jeremiah said unto Zedekiah, If I declare [it] unto thee, wilt thou not surely put me to death? and if I give thee counsel, wilt thou not hearken unto me? Ver. 15. If I declare it unto thee. ] It is for the sins of a people that a hypocrite reigneth over them. Job 34:30 Such a one was Zedekiah; and the prophet here freely reproveth him for his hypocrisy. And if I give thee counsel, will thou not hearken? ] Or, And though I advise thee, thou wilt not hearken to me. Thou art set,... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:16

Jer 38:16 So Zedekiah the king sware secretly unto Jeremiah, saying, [As] the LORD liveth, that made us this soul, I will not put thee to death, neither will I give thee into the hand of these men that seek thy life. Ver. 16. So the king Zedekiah sware secretly unto Jeremiah. ] But what credit was to be given to his oath, who was notoriously known to be a perjured person, as having broken his oath of fidelity to Nebuchadnezzar? As the Lord liveth, that made us this soul. ] Hence the truth of... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:17

Jer 38:17 Then said Jeremiah unto Zedekiah, Thus saith the LORD, the God of hosts, the God of Israel; If thou wilt assuredly go forth unto the king of Babylon’s princes, then thy soul shall live, and this city shall not be burned with fire; and thou shalt live, and thine house: Ver. 17. If thou wilt assuredly go forth. ] Jeremiah was semper idem, one and the same still; no changeling at all, but a faithful and constant preacher of God’s Word. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:18

Jer 38:18 But if thou wilt not go forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, then shall this city be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and thou shalt not escape out of their hand. Ver. 18. But if thou wilt not go forth. ] See Jeremiah 32:39 . Thus Zedekiah hath it both ways, that it may abide by him; but he was uncounselable and irreclaimable. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:19

Jer 38:19 And Zedekiah the king said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that are fallen to the Chaldeans, lest they deliver me into their hand, and they mock me. Ver. 19. Then Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews. ] Thus hypocrites will at one time or other detect themselves, as Zedekiah here plainly declareth that he more feared the loss of his life, honour, wealth, &c., than of God’s favour and kingdom; so do the most among us. Pilate feared how Caesar would take it... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:20

Jer 38:20 But Jeremiah said, They shall not deliver [thee]. Obey, I beseech thee, the voice of the LORD, which I speak unto thee: so it shall be well unto thee, and thy soul shall live. Ver. 20. They shall not deliver thee. ] This the good prophet speaketh from the mouth of the Lord, to cure him of that causeless fear, and to bring him to a better obedience; but it was past time of day with him to be wrought upon by anything that could be spoken, though never so well. So it shall be well unto... read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:21

Jer 38:21 But if thou refuse to go forth, this [is] the word that the LORD hath shewed me: Ver. 21. Bat if thou refuse to go forth. ] Promises and threatenings make an excellent mixture; the tartness of the one giveth us better to taste the sweetness of the other. read more

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John Trapp Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 38:22

Jer 38:22 And, behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house [shall be] brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes, and those [women] shall say, Thy friends have set thee on, and have prevailed against thee: thy feet are sunk in the mire, [and] they are turned away back. Ver. 22. And, behold, all the women that are left. ] These shall mock thee and make songs of thee, exagitantes regem socordissimum, for a simple and sorry man, who hath undone them altogether with... read more

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