Jeremiah 39:18 — KJV with Strong's Concordance

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¹⁸For 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.

Jeremiah 39:18 —

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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge

Psalms 34:22
The LORD redeemeth the soul of his servants: and none of them that trust in him shall be desolate.
Jeremiah 38:2
Thus saith the LORD, He that remaineth in this city shall die by the sword, by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth forth to the Chaldeans shall live; for he shall have his life for a prey, and shall live.
Jeremiah 21:9
He that abideth in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine, and by the pestilence: but he that goeth out, and falleth to the Chaldeans that besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be unto him for a prey.
Ephesians 1:12
That we should be to the praise of his glory, who first trusted in Christ.
Psalms 84:12
O LORD of hosts, blessed is the man that trusteth in thee.

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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 J…

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset, David Brown’s Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Commentary (1871)

(vv. 18)

15-18. Belonging to the time when the city was not yet taken, and when Jeremiah was still in the court of the prison (Jr 38:13). This passage is inserted here because it was now that Ebed-melech’s good act (Jr 38:7-12; Mt 25:43) was to be rewarded in his deliverance.