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Jer. 39:1 ninth year . . . tenth month. Perhaps December 589/January 588 b.c. Babylon . . . came against Jerusalem.
Jer. 39:2 eleventh year . . . fourth month. Perhaps June/July 587 b.c. The siege lasted over two years.
Jer. 39:3 middle gate. Mentioned only here. Perhaps in the middle of the northern wall, since Babylon would likely have attacked from the north, the flattest terrain. The officials . . . sat in the gate as judges.
Jer. 39:4 Zedekiah now learns that Jeremiah was God’s true prophet. king’s garden. Most likely on the south side of Jerusalem. Arabah. A region extending from the Jordan River Valley to the area south of the Dead Sea.
Jer. 39:5 Zedekiah did not get far when he fled (v. 4). The plains of Jericho were perhaps as few as 14 miles (23 km) east of Jerusalem. Riblah. In Syria, 65 miles (105 km) north of Damascus. Nebuchadnezzar ruled his armies and pronounced judgment on enemies there.
Jer. 39:6–7 Nebuchadnezzar was harsher than Zedekiah feared his countrymen would be (38:19).
Jer. 39:9–10 The people who were left in the city and those who had deserted were taken to Babylon. Not every Judean was taken, for the poorest people, who owned nothing, were given what remained in Judea.
Jer. 39:11–12 do him no harm. God was still protecting Jeremiah (see 1:19).
Jer. 39:13–14 Nebuchadnezzar’s officials (v. 3) released Jeremiah from prison, which probably made some of the people think he was collaborating with the Babylonian king.
Jer. 39:15–16 Before Jerusalem fell, God sent a word concerning Ebed-melech, who had saved Jeremiah from the cistern (38:7–13).
Jer. 39:17 I will deliver you. This is the same promise that God gave Jeremiah at the outset of his ministry (1:19). on that day. God’s day of judgment on Jerusalem (39:1–10).
Jer. 39:18 put your trust in me. Ebed-melech, an Ethiopian Gentile, had saving faith in God.
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