24And they took him, and cast him into a pit: and the pit was empty, there was no water in it.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Then took they Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchiah the son of Hammelech, that was in the court of the prison: and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire: so Jeremiah sunk in the mire.
As for thee also, by the blood of thy covenant I have sent forth thy prisoners out of the pit wherein is no water.
A Song of degrees. Out of the depths have I cried unto thee, O LORD. …
The breath of our nostrils, the anointed of the LORD, was taken in their pits, of whom we said, Under his shadow we shall live among the heathen.
He brought me up also out of an horrible pit, out of the miry clay, and set my feet upon a rock, and established my goings.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 23-30)We have here the execution of their plot against Joseph. 1. They stripped him, each striving to seize the envied coat of many colours, Gen. 37:23. Thus, in imagination, they degraded him from the birthright, of which perhaps this was the badge, grieving him, affronting their father, and making themselves sport, while they insulted over him. “Now, Joseph, where is the fine coat?” Thus our Lord Jesu…
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