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Jeremiah 39 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Calvin 11 Alexander MacLaren 2 Matthew Henry 1 John Wesley 1

“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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