Jeremiah 39:18
in Jeremiah 39For I will surely rescue you so that you do not fall by the sword. Because you have trusted in Me, you will escape with your life like a spoil of war, declares the LORD.’”
BSB
The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
For I will surely save thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee; because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith Jehovah.
KJV
For I will surely deliver thee, and thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord.
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This verse in Jeremiah 39
Commentary
3 notes on this verseI will surely deliver thee - Thou hast feared the Lord, and not the king, nor his princes, and thou hast taken the part of the prophet, and become his intercessor. Thou shalt not be slain. Thou hast put thy trust in me; thou shalt therefore be safe whithersoever thou goest. They that fear God need fear nothing besides.
This site's exposition
while he was shut up in the court of the prison
on Jeremiah 39:15-18
The chapter closes by circling back to the word given Jeremiah for Ebed-melech while he was still shut up in the court of the prison, before the city's fall, promising the Ethiopian his life as a reward that stands wholly apart from his nationality or standing: because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lord. The promise names the very danger the man had risked, thou shalt not fall by the sword, but thy life shall be for a prey unto thee, the identical phrase given the obedient remnant in chapter 21, so that the servant who acted on compassion in chapter 38 receives the same covenant word offered to Judah and refused. The commentators read the placement, held back until the city's actual fall confirms it, as Scripture's own way of proving that trust in the Lord outlasts the catastrophe it was shown inside.
The record, by era
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
Jer 45:5). put . . . trust in me-- (Jer 38:7-9). Trust in God was the root of his fearlessness of the wrath of men, in his humanity to the prophet (1Ch 5:20; The "life" he thus risked was to be his reward, being spared beyond all hope, when the lives of his enemies should be forfeited ("for a prey").
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| כִּ֤י | ki | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| מַלֵּט֙ | malet | certainly <rescue> | H4422 → | 95 times |
| אֲמַלֶּטְךָ֔ | ʾamaletkha | I will rescue you | H4422 → | 95 times |
| וּבַחֶ֖רֶב | uvacherev | and by the sword | H2719 → | 413 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| תִפֹּ֑ל | tipol | you will fall | H5307 → | 435 times |
| וְהָיְתָ֨ה | vehayetah | and it will belong | H1961 → | 3559 times |
| לְךָ֤ | lekha | to <the> you | ||
| נַפְשְׁךָ֙ | nafshekha | life your | H5315 → | 754 times |
| לְשָׁלָ֔ל | leshalal | to plunder | H7998 → | 73 times |
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| בָטַ֥חְתָּ | vatachta | you trusted | H982 → | 120 times |
| בִּ֖י | bi | in <the> me | ||
| נְאֻם־ | neum- | [the] utterance of | H5002 → | 376 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ ס | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
כִּ֤יfor
kiH3588 →4482 times
מַלֵּט֙certainly <rescue>
maletH4422 →95 times
אֲמַלֶּטְךָ֔I will rescue you
ʾamaletkhaH4422 →95 times
וּבַחֶ֖רֶבand by the sword
uvacherevH2719 →413 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
תִפֹּ֑לyou will fall
tipolH5307 →435 times
וְהָיְתָ֨הand it will belong
vehayetahH1961 →3559 times
לְךָ֤to <the> you
lekha
נַפְשְׁךָ֙life your
nafshekhaH5315 →754 times
לְשָׁלָ֔לto plunder
leshalalH7998 →73 times
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
בָטַ֥חְתָּyou trusted
vatachtaH982 →120 times
בִּ֖יin <the> me
bi
נְאֻם־[the] utterance of
neum-H5002 →376 times
יְהוָֽה׃ סYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Psalms 34:22The LORD redeems His servants, and none who take refuge in Him will be condemned.
it leads to
- Psalms 103:4
who redeems your life from the Pit and crowns you with loving devotion and compassion,
- 1 Peter 1:18–19
For you know that it was not with perishable things such as silver or gold that you were redeemed from the empty way of life you inherited from your forefathers,
- Psalms 31:5
Into Your hands I commit my spirit; You have redeemed me, O LORD, God of truth.
- Psalms 71:23
When I sing praise to You my lips will shout for joy, along with my soul, which You have redeemed.
- 2 Samuel 4:9
But David answered Rechab and his brother Baanah, the sons of Rimmon the Beerothite, “As surely as the LORD lives, who has redeemed my life from all distress,
- Psalms 103:4
Through
Psalms 84:12O LORD of Hosts, how blessed is the man who trusts in You!
it leads to
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
But blessed is the man who trusts in the LORD, whose confidence is in Him.
- Psalms 62:8
Trust in Him at all times, O people; pour out your hearts before Him. God is our refuge. Selah
- Jeremiah 17:7–8
Through
Jeremiah 21:9Whoever stays in this city will die by sword and famine and plague, but whoever goes out and surrenders to the Chaldeans who besiege you will live; he will retain his life like a…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 45:5
But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 45:5
About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.