Matthew Poole and continuators on Jeremiah 38:9

9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon, and he is like to dye for hunger in the place where he is, for there is no more bread in the city .

The courage of this good E[illegible: 1 letter]nuch was very remarkable, he did not stay till the King came in, but went to the King, as he was sitting in the gate of Benjamin, administring justice, or receiving and answering petitions, where doubtless he was not alone, and probably was attended there, by some of those Princes, who had thrown Ieremiah into this miserable place: Ebedmelech was not afraid of them, but openly complains of their cruelty to the King, and tells him that Ieremiah would be starved to death, those that were alive in the City could not long subsist, for the stores were almost all spent, and though the King had appointed the Prophet an allowance, yet being in such an hole, and there being so little bread left in the City, it was not likely there would be much care taken of him.

Marginal references: Heb. [illegible: 1 letter]e will dye.