Jeremiah 38:9
My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.
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Gill's Exposition
My lord the king,.... He addresses him as a courtier, with great reverence and submission, and yet with great boldness:
these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet;…
Here, 1. Jeremiah persists in his plain preaching; what he had many a time said, he still says (Jer 38:3): This city shall be given into the hand of the king of Babylon; though it hold out long, it…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
he is like to die(mg. Heb. he is dead) in the place where he is because of the famine is dead of hunger on the spot. Jeremiah was at death's door already, as suffering at once from hunger and from…
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