Jeremiah 39:18

18 "For I will certainly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your own ¹life as booty, because you have ²trusted in Me," declares the LORD.' "

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 to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, 'Thus says the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel, "Behold, I am about to bring My words on this city for disaster and not for prosperity; and they will take place before you on that day.

17 "But I will deliver you on that day," declares the LORD , "and you will not be given into the hand of the men whom you dread.

18 "For I will certainly rescue you, and you will not fall by the sword; but you will have your own life as booty, because you have trusted in Me," declares the LORD .' "

Cross References

• 1. Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 45:5
• 2. Psalms 34:22; Jeremiah 17:7, 8