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Go, and speak to Ebed-melech the Ethiopian, saying, Thus says Yahweh of Hosts, the God of Israel: Behold, I will bring my words on this city for evil, and not for good; and they shall be accomplished before you in that day.
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God Rewards Courageous Faith
Commentators explain that God's promise to Ebed-melech was a direct reward for his actions. His kindness to Jeremiah was not just a good deed, but an act of faith. As John Calvin notes, this act stemmed from his trust in God. This serves as an encouragement for believers that God sees and honors acts of service done in His name, even when they involve personal risk.
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Jeremiah
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19th Century
Anglican
Go and speak to Ebed-melech. —It lies in the nature of the case that the prophet, when he put this prediction, given during the progress o…
16th Century
Protestant
The Prophet tells us here that God was not unmindful of the Ethiopian by whom he had been preserved, even though he was an alien and from a foreign…
17th Century
Reformed Baptist
Go and speak to Ebedmelech the Ethiopians Not that the prophet was to go, or could go, out of prison, to deliver thi…
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Presbyterian
Here is a message to assure Ebed-melech of a recompense for his great kindness to Jeremiah. Because thou hast put thy trust in me, saith the Lo…
13th Century
Catholic
Here, he speaks of the liberation of certain people.
