12Take 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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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
When a man's ways please the LORD, he maketh even his enemies to be at peace with him.
And now, behold, I loose thee this day from the chains which were upon thine hand. If it seem good unto thee to come with me into Babylon, come; and I will look well unto thee: but if it seem ill unto thee to come with me into Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee: whither it seemeth good and convenient for thee to go, thither go.
He suffered no man to do them wrong: yea, he reproved kings for their sakes; …
The king's heart is in the hand of the LORD, as the rivers of water: he turneth it whithersoever he will.
And though they go into captivity before their enemies, thence will I command the sword, and it shall slay them: and I will set mine eyes upon them for evil, and not for good.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 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 was laid in ruins, and all men’s hearts failed them for fear , then might he lift up his head with comfort, knowing that his redemption drew nigh , as Christ’s followers when the second destruction of…
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