Did Hzekiah, &c.] This example they alledge to deliver Jeremiah out of the hands of the Priests; whose rage else would not have been satisfied but with his death.
put him at all to death] Heb. slaying slay. Chap. 38. 15.
did he not fear the LORD] Isaiah 37:1,—4, 15,—20.
besought the LORD] Heb. the face of the Lord. Zechariah 8:22. Malachi 1:9.
the LORD repented him] So that the citie was not then destroyed; but by miracle delivered, Isaiah 37:35-36. So Jonah 3:10.