3 And this is what the Lord says: 'This city will certainly be given into the hands of the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.' "
3 Thus saith the Lord, This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.
3 Thus says the Lord: This city shall surely be given into the hand of the army of the king of Babylon and be taken."
3 "And, God's sure Word: 'This city is destined to fall to the army of the king of Babylon. He's going to take it over.'"
3 Thus says the Lord: 'This city shall surely be given into the hand of the king of Babylon's army, which shall take it.' "
3 The Lord also says: 'The city of Jerusalem will certainly be handed over to the army of the king of Babylon, who will capture it.'"
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 38:3
Commentary on Jeremiah 38:1-13
(Read Jeremiah 38:1-13)
Jeremiah went on in his plain preaching. The princes went on in their malice. It is common for wicked people to look upon God's faithful ministers as enemies, because they show what enemies the wicked are to themselves while impenitent. Jeremiah was put into a dungeon. Many of God's faithful witnesses have been privately made away in prisons. Ebed-melech was an Ethiopian; yet he spoke to the king faithfully, These men have done ill in all they have done to Jeremiah. See how God can raise up friends for his people in distress. Orders were given for the prophet's release, and Ebed-melech saw him drawn up. Let this encourage us to appear boldly for God. Special notice is taken of his tenderness for Jeremiah. What do we behold in the different characters then, but the same we behold in the different characters now, that the Lord's children are conformed to his example, and the children of Satan to their master?