Jeremiah 39:14

Jeremiah 39:14 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.
• New International Version (NIV)sent and had Jeremiah taken out of the courtyard of the guard. They turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, to take him back to his home. So he remained among his own people.
• English Standard Version (ESV)sent and took Jeremiah from the court of the guard. They entrusted him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he lived among the people.
• New King James Version (NKJV)then they sent someone to take Jeremiah from the court of the prison, and committed him to Gedaliah the son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, that he should take him home. So he dwelt among the people.

Context of Jeremiah 39:14

12“Take him and look after him. Don’t do him any harm, but do for him whatever he says.” 13Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, Nebushazban the chief of staff, Nergal-sharezer the chief soothsayer, and all the captains of Babylon’s king had Jeremiah brought from the guard’s courtyard and turned him over to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, to take him home. So he settled among his own people. 15Now the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah when he was confined in the guard’s courtyard: 16“Go tell Ebed-melech the Cushite, ‘This is what the Lord of Armies, the God of Israel, says: I am about to fulfill my words for disaster and not for good against this city. They will take place before your eyes on that day.

Jeremiah 39:14 word by word

וַיִּשְׁלְחוּ֩ וַיִּקְח֨וּ אֶֽת־יִרְמְיָ֜הוּ מֵחֲצַ֣ר הַמַּטָּרָ֗ה וַיִּתְּנ֤וּ אֹתוֹ֙ אֶל־גְּדַלְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּן־אֲחִיקָ֣ם בֶּן־שָׁפָ֔ן לְהוֹצִאֵ֖הוּ אֶל־הַבָּ֑יִת וַיֵּ֖שֶׁב בְּת֥וֹךְ הָעָֽם׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Even they sentשָׁלַחshâlach · to send: departH7971
• and tookלָקַחlâqach · to take: takeH3947
• Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֫הוּyirmeyâh yirmeyâhû · JeremiahH3414
• out of the courtחָצֵרchâtsêr · courtH2691
• of the prisonמַטָּרָהmaţţârâ' maţţârâh · guardhouseH4307
• and committedנָתַןnâthan · to give: giveH5414
• him unto Gedaliahגְּדַלְיָ֫הוּgedalyâh gedalyâhû · GedaliahH1436
• the sonבֵּןbên · son: childH1121
• of Ahikamאֲחִיקָם'ăchîyqâm · AhikamH296
• of Shaphanשָׁפָןshâphân · ShaphanH8227
• that he should carryיָצָאyâtsâ' · to come out: sendH3318
• him homeבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: homeH1004
• so he dweltיָשַׁבyâshab · to dwellH3427
• amongתָּ֫וֶךְtâvek · midstH8432
• the peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Jeremiah 39:14

• Jeremiah 39:15Now the word of the Lord had come to Jeremiah when he was confined in the guard’s courtyard:
• Jeremiah 37:21So King Zedekiah gave orders, and Jeremiah was placed in the guard’s courtyard. He was given a loaf of bread each day from the bakers’ street until all the bread was gone from the city. So Jeremiah remained in the guard’s courtyard.
• Jeremiah 38:13They pulled him up with the ropes and lifted him out of the cistern, but he remained in the guard’s courtyard.
• Jeremiah 40:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah from the Lord after Nebuzaradan, captain of the guards, released him at Ramah. When he found him, he was bound in chains with all the exiles of Jerusalem and Judah who were being exiled to Babylon.
• Jeremiah 40:5When Jeremiah had not yet turned to go, Nebuzaradan said to him, “Return to Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, whom the king of Babylon has appointed over the cities of Judah, and stay with him among the people or go wherever it seems right for you to go.” So the captain of the guards gave him a ration and a gift and released him.
• Jeremiah 41:1In the seventh month, Ishmael son of Nethaniah, son of Elishama, of the royal family and one of the king’s chief officers, came with ten men to Gedaliah son of Ahikam at Mizpah. They ate a meal together there in Mizpah,
• 2 Kings 25:22King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon appointed Gedaliah son of Ahikam, son of Shaphan, over the rest of the people he left in the land of Judah.
• Jeremiah 26:24But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 39:14

• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 14Jeremiah was to be taken out of the court of the watch, and placed in the palace close by. He dwelt among the people - i. e., he was no longer in custody, but master of his own actions.Read the comment
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary · v. 11-14Verses 11-14 The servants of God alone are prepared for all events; and they are delivered and comforted, while the wicked suffer. They often meet with more kindness from the profane, than from hypocritical professors of godliness. The Lord will raise them up friends, do them good, and perform all his promises.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 11-14We do not fully know how Nebuchadnezzar learned about Jeremiah urging the king to surrender to Babylon. Perhaps Jeremiah's messages to the exiles (Jeremiah 29; see 40:2–3) reached him.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 1414. Gedaliah--son of Ahikam, the former supporter of Jeremiah (Jr 26:24). Gedaliah was the chief of the deserters to the Chaldeans, and was set over the remnant in Judea as one likely to remain faithful to Nebuchadnezzar. His residence was at Mizpah (Jr 40:5). home--the house of Gedaliah, wherein Jeremiah might remain as in a safe asylum. As in Jr 40:1 Jeremiah is represented as "bound in chains" when he came to Ramah among the captives to be carried to…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 39:14

• Ahikam
• Gedaliah
• Jeremiah
• Nebuzaradan (Nebuzar-Adan)
• Prisoners
• Shaphan

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Commentaries on Jeremiah 39

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings