Jamieson, Fausset and Brown on Jeremiah 37:20
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Jeremiah37:20
20. be accepted--rather, "Let my supplication be humbly presented" (see on Jr 36:7), [Henderson].
lest I die there--in the subterranean dungeon (Jr 37:16), from want of proper sustenance (Jr 37:21). The prophet naturally shrank from death, which makes his spiritual firmness the more remarkable; he was ready to die rather than swerve from his duty [Calvin].
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