Jeremias 39:11

11 Ora Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, havia ordenado acerca de Jeremias, a Nebuzaradão, capitão dos da guarda, dizendo:

Jeremias 39:11 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 39:11

Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning
Jeremiah to Nebuzaradan the captain of the guard
Of whom he had heard, by one or another of his generals or officers; who had been informed, by those Jews that deserted to them, that Jeremiah had prophesied of the taking of the city by the Chaldeans; had advised the people to fall off to them; and had even exhorted the king and princes to surrender up the city, and themselves, unto them; and that he had suffered much on this account; wherefore the Lord put it into the heart of this monarch, otherwise not at all disposed to the prophets of the Lord, to show regard to him; and therefore, when he sent Nebuzaradan upon an expedition to Jerusalem, he gave him a particular charge concerning Jeremiah: saying;
as follows:

Jeremias 39:11 In-Context

9 Então, ao resto do povo, que ficara na cidade, aos desertores que se tinham passado para ele e ao resto do povo que havia ficado, levou-os Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, para Babilônia.

10 Mas aos pobres dentre o povo, que não tinham nada, Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, deixou-os ficar na terra de Judá; e ao mesmo tempo lhes deu vinhas e campos.

11 Ora Nabucodonozor, rei de Babilônia, havia ordenado acerca de Jeremias, a Nebuzaradão, capitão dos da guarda, dizendo:

12 Toma-o, e trata-o bem, e não lhe faças mal algum; mas como ele te disser, assim procederás para com ele.

13 Pelo que Nebuzaradão, capitão da guarda, Nebusazbã, Rabe-Sáris, Nergal-Sarezer, Rabe-Maeue, e todos os príncipes do rei de Babilônia