Jer 39:11, 42:12 | JFB | e4.org | 11. Jeremiah's prophecies were known to Nebuchadnezzar through deserters ( ), also through the Jews carried to Babylon with Jeconiah (compare ). Hence the king's kindness to him.

‏ Jeremiah 39:11

11. Jeremiah's prophecies were known to Nebuchadnezzar through deserters (Jer 39:9; Jer 38:19), also through the Jews carried to Babylon with Jeconiah (compare Jer 40:2). Hence the king's kindness to him.

‏ Jeremiah 42:12

12. show mercies—rather, I will excite (in him) feelings of mercy towards you [CALVIN].

cause you to return—permit you to return to the peaceable enjoyment of the possessions from which you are wishing to withdraw through fear of the Chaldeans. By departing in disobedience they should incur the very evils they wished thereby to escape; and by staying they should gain the blessings which they feared to lose by doing so.