Jeremiah 38 (JND) - Bible Truth Library

and those.Mr. Harmer would render, "and here ({hennah,} or reading {hinneh,} behold,) the women (wont to sing on public occasions) shall say," etc.; observing "that these bitter speeches much better suit the lips of women belonging to the conquering nation, singing before a captive prince, than of his own wives and concubines."

This he illustrates by the following extract from Della Valle:

When he was at Lar, in Persia, the king of Ormuz was brought thither in triumph; and "this poor unfortunate king entered Lar, with his people, in the morning, music playing, and girls and women singing and dancing before him, according to the custom of Persia, and the people flocking together with a prodigious concourse, and conducting him in a pompous and magnificent manner, particularly with colours displayed, like what the Messenians formerly did to Philopoemen, the general of the Athenians, their prisoner of war, according to the report of Justin."Thy friends.

Heb. The men of thy peace.

Jer. 38:4‑6• ⁴And the princes said unto the king, Let this man, we pray thee, be put to death; for why should he weaken the hands of the men of war that remain in this city, and the hands of all the people, in speaking to them according to these words? for this man seeketh not the welfare of this people, but the hurt.
⁵And king Zedekiah said, Behold, he is in your hand; for the king is not he that can do a thing against you.
⁶Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. (Jer. 38:4‑6)

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Jer. 20:10• ¹⁰For I have heard the defaming of many, terror on every side: Report, and we will report it. All my familiars are watching for my stumbling: Peradventure he will be enticed, and we shall prevail against him; and we shall take our revenge on him. (Jer. 20:10)

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Psa. 41:9• ⁹Yea, mine own familiar friend, in whom I confided, who did eat of my bread, hath lifted up his heel against me. (Psa. 41:9)

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Psa. 41• (Psa. 41)

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have set.

Jer. 38:19• ¹⁹And king Zedekiah said unto Jeremiah, I am afraid of the Jews that have deserted to the Chaldeans, lest they give me over into their hand, and they mock me. (Jer. 38:19)

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Mic. 7:5• ⁵Believe ye not in a companion, put not confidence in a familiar friend: keep the doors of thy mouth from her that lieth in thy bosom. (Mic. 7:5)

thy feet.

Jer. 38:6• ⁶Then they took Jeremiah, and cast him into the dungeon of Malchijah the son of Hammelech, which was in the court of the guard, and they let down Jeremiah with cords. And in the dungeon there was no water, but mire; and Jeremiah sank in the mire. (Jer. 38:6)

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they are.

Jer. 46:5,21• ⁵Why do I see them dismayed, turned away back? And their mighty ones are beaten down, and take to flight, and look not back? Terror is on every side, saith Jehovah.
²¹Also her hired men in the midst of her are like fatted bullocks; for they also have turned back, they have fled away together, they did not stand; for the day of their calamity is come upon them, the time of their visitation. (Jer. 46:5,21)

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Isa. 42:17• ¹⁷They shall be turned back, they shall be covered with shame, that confide in graven images, that say to the molten images, Ye are our gods. (Isa. 42:17)

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Lam. 1:13• ¹³From on high hath he sent fire into my bones, and it prevaileth against them; he hath spread a net for my feet; he hath turned me back; he hath made me desolate and faint all the day. (Lam. 1:13)

J. N. Darby Translation

Behold, all the women that are left in the king of Judah’s house shall be brought forth to the king of Babylon’s princes; and they shall say, Thy familiar friendsa have set thee on, and have prevailed over thee; thy feet are sunk in the mire, they are turned away backb.

JND Translation Notes

As ch. 20.10, and Ps. 41.9.

Or "[thy friends] have withdrawn from [thee]."