Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 26:14

14 As for me, behold, I am in your hand : do with me as seemeth good and meet unto you .

That is, I am in your power (as hands often signifieth in Scripture) Ieremiah doth not by this acknowledge any power they had justly, thus to restrain; and question him.

Nor doth he dare them, to do what they had a natural power to do, by saying, do with me what seemeth good unto you, the phrase imports no more than that he could not hinder their doing with him what they pleased. The hands in which he was, were the hands of Violence, not of Justice, for though they had a just power against false prophets, yet they had no such power against any Prophet sent by God, let the matter of his Prophesie be never so threatening and ungrateful to them. Therefore he addeth,

Marginal references: Heb. As it is good and right i[illegible: 1 letter] your eyes.