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Your Life as a Precious Prize
Commentators explain that the phrase "thy life shall be for a prey" means that in the midst of total destruction, simply surviving is an incredible, unexpected gift from God. Like a soldier who captures valuable spoils in battle or a sailor who escapes a shipwreck with nothing but his life, Ebed-melech's survival was a treasure to be celebrated, given directly by God.
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Jeremiah
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Albert Barnes
On Jeremiah 39:18
18th Century
Theologian
A prey to you - An unexpected and unlooked-for gain. He had given proof of faith in courageously delivering God’s prophet.
John Calvin
On Jeremiah 39:15–18
16th Century
Theologian
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…
John Gill
On Jeremiah 39:18
17th Century
Pastor
For I will surely deliver you
Or, in "delivering will deliver you" F16; this is a repetition and confirma…
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Matthew Henry
On Jeremiah 39:15–18
17th Century
Minister
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…