Jeremiah 38:5
“Then Zedekiah the king said, Behold, he is in your hand: for the king is not he that can do any thing against you.”
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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771
Then Zedekiah the king said, behold, he is in your hand,.... In your power, to do with him as you please. This is either…
Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870
All real power was in their hands, and as they affirmed that Jeremiah’s death was a matter of necessity, the king did…
Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 38:1-13
Here, 1. Jeremiah persists in his plain preaching; what he had many a time said, he still says (Jer 38:3): This city…
Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921
the king is not he, etc.] The LXX, perhaps rightly, make this clause a comment of the narrator ("For the king was not…
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