And now look, I free you this day from the chains that were on your hand. If it seems good to you to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will look after you. But if it seems wrong for you to come with me to Babylon, remain here. See, all the land is before you; wherever it seems good and convenient for you to go, go there.”
Commentaries
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Here Jeremiah elaborates on what he had briefly touched upon before. The Hebrews were accustomed, in a few words, to state the substance of the who…
John Gill
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And now, behold, I loose you this day from the chains which
[were] upon your hands
Or…
Matthew Henry
MatthewHenry
The captain of the guard seems to exult that he had been God's instrument to fulfill what Jeremiah had been God's messenger to foretell. Many can s…
Thomas Aquinas
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Having spoken of the destruction of the city and the captivity of the people, he speaks of the well-being of the remnant.
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John Calvin
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