| Barnes' Notes on the Bible And he was there when ... - These words are altered by some to "and it came to pass when" etc., and taken to form the opening of Jeremiah 39.
Gill's Exposition of the Entire BibleSo Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison,.... Where he was ordered to be by the king, before he was cast into the dungeon, and where he was replaced by Ebedmelech; and which was now confirmed by the king, and here he continued: until the day that Jerusalem was taken; but how long it was from his conversation with the king, to the taking of the city, is not certain: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken; as appears from Jeremiah 39:14. Kimchi connects this with the beginning of the next chapter; and so the Targum, rendering it, "and it came to pass when Jerusalem was taken;'' namely, what is related in the following chapter.
Geneva Study BibleSo Jeremiah abode in the court of the prison until the day that Jerusalem was taken: and he was there when Jerusalem was taken.
Jamieson-Fausset-Brown Bible Commentary28. he was there when Jerusalem was taken-These words are made the beginning of the thirty-ninth chapter by many; but the accents and sense support English Version.
Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary38:14-28 Jeremiah was not forward to repeat the warnings, which seemed only to endanger his own life, and to add to the king's guilt, but asked whether he feared to do the will of God. The less men fear God, the more they fear men; often they dare not act according to their own judgments and consciences. | 
