Jer 39:1-2 | Clarke | e4.org | CHAPTER XXXIX This chapter gives an account of the siege and taking of Jerusalem; the flight, capture, and punishment of Zedekiah; the burning of the city; and the carrying away of the people, (a few of the meanest excepted,) to Babylon , 1-10; also of the release of Jeremiah, and the special orders of Nebuchadnezzar concerning him , 11-14. The remaining verses relate to the subject of the preceding chapter; and contain promises of personal safety to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian amidst the public calamities, on account of his piety, and his humanity to the prophet , 15-18. NOTES ON CHAP. XXXIX Verse 1. In the ninth year of Zedekiah-in the tenth month ] This month is called Tebeth in . It began with the first new moon of our January , and it was on the tenth day of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.

‏ Jeremiah 39:1-2

CHAPTER XXXIX

This chapter gives an account of the siege and taking of Jerusalem; the flight, capture, and punishment of Zedekiah; the burning of the city; and the carrying away of the people, (a few of the meanest excepted,) to Babylon, 1-10;

also of the release of Jeremiah, and the special orders of Nebuchadnezzar concerning him, 11-14.

The remaining verses relate to the subject of the preceding chapter; and contain promises of personal safety to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian amidst the public calamities, on account of his piety, and his humanity to the prophet, 15-18.

NOTES ON CHAP. XXXIX

Verse 1. In the ninth year of Zedekiah-in the tenth month] This month is called Tebeth in Es 2:16. It began with the first new moon of our January, and it was on the tenth day of this month that Nebuchadnezzar invested the city.

Verse 2. The eleventh year-in the fourth month] This month in the Hebrew calendar is called Thammuz, and commences with the first new moon of our July. The siege had lasted just eighteen months.

The city was broken up.] A breach was made in the wall by which the Chaldeans entered.