Jeremiah 39:12
Take him, and direct thy eyes to him, and do him not the least harm; but as he may speak unto thee, even so do thou with him.
Leeser Tanakh
In The King James Version
Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee.
In Context
Cross References
Psalms 105:15[Saying,] “Touch not my anointed, and do my prophets no harm,”—
Proverbs 21:1Like brooks of water is a king's heart in the hand of the Lord: whithersoever it pleaseth him doth he turn it.
Jeremiah 15:11The Lord said, Truly I will release thee for [thy] good; truly I will cause the enemy to meet thee in the time of distress and in the time of affliction.
Jeremiah 40:4And now, behold, I have freed thee this day from the chains which were upon thy hand. If it seem good in thy eyes to come with me to Babylon, come, and I will direct my eye unto thee; but if it seem ill in thy eyes to come with me to Babylon, forbear: behold, all the land is before thee; whither it seemeth good and proper in thy eyes to go, thither go.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 39:12-18
Jerusalem Released. ( b. c. 588.) 11 Now Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon gave charge concerning Jeremiah to Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard, saying, 12 Take him, and look well to him, and do him no harm; but do unto him even as he shall say unto thee. 13 So Nebuzar-adan the captain of the guard sent, and Nebushasban, Rab-saris, and Nergal-sharezer, Rab-mag, and all the king of Babylon's princes; 14 Even they sent, and took Jeremiah out of the court of the prison, and committed him unto Gedaliah the son of… Read the whole commentary →