Jamieson, Fausset & Brown on Jeremiah 39:18

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Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · 19th-century historical commentary
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life . . . for a prey--(See on Jer 21:9; Jer 38:2; Jer 45:5). put . . . trust in me-- (Jer 38:7-9). Trust in God was the root of his fearlessness of the wrath of men, in his humanity to the prophet (Ch1 5:20; Psa 37:40). The "life" he thus risked was to be his reward, being spared beyond all hope, when the lives of his enemies should be forfeited ("for a prey"). Next: Jeremiah Chapter 40

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