Jeremiah 38:21
21 But if you refuse to surrender, this is the vision which the Lord has shown to me:
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Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 38:21
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.