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Jeremiah 39:12

Jeremiah 39:12
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm ; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.

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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771

Gill's Exposition

Take him, and look well to him,.... Take him out of prison; take him under your immediate care; receive him kindly, and use him humanely; provide everything necessary for him, and let him not want for…

Nonconformist minister, 1662–1714

Matthew Henry

Jeremiah 39:11-18

Here we must sing of mercy, as in the former part of the chapter we sang of judgment, and must sing unto God of both. We may observe here,

I. A gracious providence concerning Jeremiah. When Jerusalem…

Academic commentary, 1882–1921

Cambridge Bible

If we are to accept this as historical (see introd. note to ch.), Nebuchadnezzar's action was due to the fact that Jeremiah had consistently throughout counselled submission to him on the part of the…