Jeremiah 39:18

18 Yes, I'll most certainly save you. You won't be killed. You'll walk out of there safe and sound because you trusted me.'" God's Decree.

Jeremiah 39:18 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:18

For I will surely deliver thee
Or, in "delivering will deliver thee" ^F16; 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.

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FOOTNOTES:

F16 (Kjlma jlm) "eripiendo eripiam te", Schmidt; "eruendo eruam te", Pagninus, Montanus.

Jeremiah 39:18 In-Context

16 "Go and speak with Ebed-melek the Ethiopian. Tell him, God-of-the-Angel-Armies, the God of Israel, says, Listen carefully: I will do exactly what I said I would do to this city - bad news, not good news. When it happens, you will be there to see it.

17 But I'll deliver you on that doomsday. You won't be handed over to those men whom you have good reason to fear.

18 Yes, I'll most certainly save you. You won't be killed. You'll walk out of there safe and sound because you trusted me.'" God's Decree.