Yēlìmǐshū 38:13

13 Zhèyàng , tāmen yòng shéngzi jiāng Yēlìmǐ cóng laó yù lǐ lā shang lái . Yēlìmǐ réng zaì hùwèi bīng de yuàn zhōng .

Yēlìmǐshū 38:13 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 38:13

So they drew up Jeremiah with cords
The men that were with Ebedmelech, as many as were necessary; he overlooking, directing, and encouraging: and he took him out of the dungeon;
alive, according to the king's orders and design, and in spite of the prophet's enemies: the thing succeeded according to wish; the Lord ordering and prospering every step: and Jeremiah remained in the court of the prison;
from whence he had been taken, and where he was replaced; Ebedmelech having no warrant to set him at entire liberty; nor would it have been prudent to have solicited that, which might too much have exasperated the princes; and besides, here, according to the king's order, bread was to be given him, as long as there was any in the city; so that it was the most fit and proper place for him to remain in; wherefore what Josephus ^F24 says, that he dismissed him, and set him free, is not true.

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FOOTNOTES:

F24 Ut supra. (Antiqu. l. 10. c. 7. sect. 5.)

Yēlìmǐshū 38:13 In-Context

11 Yúshì yǐ bó mǐ lè daìlǐng zhèxie rén tóng qù , jìnrù wánggōng , dào kù fáng yǐxià , cóng nàli qǔ le xiē suì bù hé pò làn de yīfu , yòng shéngzi zhuì xià laó yù qù dào Yēlìmǐ nàli .

12 Gǔshí rén yǐ bó mǐ lè duì Yēlìmǐ shuō , nǐ yòng zhèxie suì bù hé pò làn de yīfu fàng zaì shéngzi shang , diàn nǐde gé zhī wō . Yēlìmǐ jiù zhàoyàng xíng le .

13 Zhèyàng , tāmen yòng shéngzi jiāng Yēlìmǐ cóng laó yù lǐ lā shang lái . Yēlìmǐ réng zaì hùwèi bīng de yuàn zhōng .

14 Xī dǐ jiā wáng dǎfa rén daìlǐng xiānzhī Yēlìmǐ , jìn Yēhéhuá diàn zhōng dì sān mén lǐ jiàn wáng . wáng jiù duì Yēlìmǐ shuō , wǒ yào wèn nǐ yī jiàn shì , nǐ sī haó bùkĕ xiàng wǒ yǐnmán .

15 Yēlìmǐ duì Xīdǐjiā shuō , wǒ ruò gàosu nǐ , nǐ qǐbù déng yào shā wǒ ma . wǒ ruò quànjiè nǐ , nǐ bì bú tīng cóng wǒ .