Jeremiah 39:12
“Take him, and place your eyes on him, and do no evil thing to him, but as he speaks to you, so do with him.”
Literal Standard Version
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“Do not strike against My anointed, || And do no evil to My prophets.”
Proverbs 21:1The heart of a king [is] streams of waters in the hand of YHWH, || He inclines it wherever He pleases.
Jeremiah 15:11YHWH said, “Did I not direct you for good? Did I not intercede for you in a time of evil, || And in a time of adversity, with the enemy?
Jeremiah 40:4And now, behold, I have loosed you today from the chains that [are] on your hand; if [it is] good in your eyes to come with me [to] Babylon, come, and I keep my eye on you: and if [it is] evil in your eyes to come with me to Babylon, refrain; see, all the land [is] before you, to where [it is] good, and to where [it is] right in your eyes to go—go.”
Acts 7:10and delivered him out of all his tribulations, and gave him favor and wisdom before Pharaoh king of Egypt, and he set him—governor over Egypt and all his house.
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 →