Jer 21:9, 38:2 | JFB | STEP | 9. ( ). falleth to —deserts to. life . . . a prey —proverbial, to make one's escape with life, like a valuable spoil or prey that one carries off; the narrowness of the escape, and the joy felt at it, are included in the idea ( ).

Jeremiah 21:9

falleth to—deserts to.

life . . . a prey—proverbial, to make one's escape with life, like a valuable spoil or prey that one carries off; the narrowness of the escape, and the joy felt at it, are included in the idea (Jer 39:18).

Jeremiah 38:2

2. life . . . a prey—He shall escape with his life; though losing all else in a shipwreck, he shall carry off his life as his gain, saved by his going over to the Chaldeans. (See on Jer 21:9).