Passage Research
Jeremiah 39 — Sermon Preparation
Jerusalem falls; Zedekiah flees, is captured, and is blinded; Jeremiah is released from the court of the guard at Babylon's direct orders. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 39, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 18
- verses
- 303 / 130
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 15
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 39 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| נֵרְגַּל שַׁרְאֶצֶר | Nêrᵉgal Sharʼetser | H5371 | 8 | Nergal-Sharetser |
| בָּבֶל | Bâbel | H894 | 10 | Babel, Babylonia |
| צִדְקִיָּה | Tsidqîyâh | H6667 | 6 | Tsidkijah |
| נְבוּזַרְאֲדָן | Nᵉbûwzarʼădân | H5018 | 5 | Nebuzaradan |
| רַב־מָג | Rab-Mâg | H7248 | 4 | Rab-Mag |
| רַב־סָרִיס | Rab-Çârîyç | H7249 | 4 | Rab-Saris |
| טַבָּח | ṭabbâch | H2876 | 4 | butcher, lifeguardsman |
How preachers through history handled this text
15 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 39, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“As the prophet Isaiah, after he had largely foretold the deliverance of Jerusalem out of the hands of the king of Assyria, gave a particular narrative of the story, that it might appear how exactly the event answered to the prediction, so the prophet Jeremiah, after he had largely foretold the delivering of Jerusalem into the hands of the king of Babylon, gives a particular account of that sad event for the same reason. …”
— Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible, Vol. 4 (Isaiah to Malachi), on Jeremiah 39:1–30 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- Babylon 1— Jer 39:1
- Jerusalem— Jer 39:1
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