Jeremias 38:13

13 Assim, com as cordas o puxaram para cima e o tiraram da cisterna.E Jeremias permaneceu no pátio da guarda.

Jeremias 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.)

Jeremias 38:13 In-Context

11 Então Ebede-Meleque levou consigo os homens que estavam sob as suas ordens e foi à sala que fica debaixo da tesouraria do palácio. Pegou alguns trapos e roupas velhas e desceu cordas até Jeremias na cisterna.

12 Ebede-Meleque, o etíope, disse a Jeremias: “Põe esses trapos e roupas velhas debaixo dos braços para servirem de almofada para as cordas”. E Jeremias assim fez.

13 Assim, com as cordas o puxaram para cima e o tiraram da cisterna.E Jeremias permaneceu no pátio da guarda.

14 Então o rei Zedequias mandou trazer o profeta Jeremias e o encontrou na terceira entrada do templo do SENHOR. “Quero pedir-te uma palavra”, disse o rei. “Não me escondas nada”.

15 Jeremias disse a Zedequias: “Se eu der uma resposta, você não me matará? Mesmo que eu o aconselhasse, você não me escutaria”.