12 Take him, and [a]look well to him, and do him no harm, but do unto him [b]even as he shall say unto thee.

13 So Nebuzaradan the chief steward sent, and Nebushasban, Rabsaris, and Nergal-Sharezar, Rabmag, and all the King of Babel’s princes:

14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto [c]Gedaliah the son of Ahikam the son of Shaphan, that he should carry him home: so he dwelt among the people.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 39:12 Hebrew, set thine eyes upon them.
  2. Jeremiah 39:12 Thus God preserved his prophet by his means, whom he made the scourge to punish the king, and them that were his enemies.
  3. Jeremiah 39:14 Whom the King of Babel had now appointed governor over the rest of the Jews that he left behind.

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