26 Then you are to say to them, I made my request to the king, that he would not send me back to my death in Jonathan's house.

Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 38:26

Commentary on Jeremiah 38:14-28

(Read Jeremiah 38:14-28)

Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear God, the more they fear men; often they dare not act according to their own judgments and consciences.