Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jeremiah 36:15
And they said unto him, Sit down now and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
And they said unto him, Sit down now and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
CHAPTER 36 The Indestructibility of the Word of God _ 1. The writing of the roll (Jeremiah 36:1) _ 2. The reading of the roll (Jeremiah 36:4) 3. The king cuts and burns the roll (Jeremiah 36
JEREMIAH 36. THE WRITING OF THE ROLL. This chapter narrates how the oral prophecies of Jeremiah were first put into writing (604 B.C.). The account is obviously important for the criticism of this boo...
SIT DOWN NOW. Compare "stood" (Jeremiah 36:21). Showing that these princes were favourable to Jeremiah....
_Sit down_ These words taken with Jeremiah 36:19 shew that the princes were favourably disposed towards Baruch and Jeremiah. The same fact has been marked already in ch. Jeremiah 26:16. Baruch took th...
See introd. summary to the chapter....
3. _The reaction of the Princes_ (Jeremiah 36:11-19) TRANSLATION (11) When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD as they were read from the book, (12) he we...
_AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, SIT DOWN NOW, AND READ IT IN OUR EARS. SO BARUCH READ IT IN THEIR EARS._ No JFB commentary on this verse....
EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE COLLECTION OF JEREMIAH'S PROPHECIES INTO A VOLUME (4TH AND 5TH YEARS OF JEHOIAKIM) The prophecies concerning Israel and Judah are now ended, and we have here the record of t...
SIT DOWN] Baruch was invited to take the position ordinarily assumed by an Eastern teacher. This together with Jeremiah 36:19 shows that the princes were favourably disposed towards Jeremiah. 17. How...
וַ יֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו שֵׁ֣ב נָ֔א וּ קְרָאֶ֖נּ
CHAPTER III THE ROLL Jeremiah 36:1 "Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee."- Jeremiah 36:2 THE incidents which form so large a proportion of the c...
A VAIN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY GOD'S WORD Jeremiah 36:1-32 These written words had been directly given from God, Jeremiah 36:18. The fast was instituted to seek divine help in the approaching conflict wit...
This chapter constitutes an interpolation in the chronological order of Jeremiah's prophesying. In detail it tells the story of the writing of the words of Jeremiah in a book to which he had incidenta...
It should seem,, that Baruch made great use of this roll, and read in it to the people continually! For it was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim that he wrote it, and began to read it; and here we find...
Chapter 36 furnishes us with another example of the obstinacy with which the kings of Judah despised the call and the testimony of God. Jeremiah was shut up; but God can never fail in means to address...
AND THEY SAID UNTO HIM, SIT DOWN NOW,.... Or, "pray sit down" q; they received him very courteously, and treated him with great humanity, and showed much respect to him, in beseeching him to sit down...
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read [it] in their ears. Ver. 15. _And they said, Sit down now_] _a_ This was some courtesy and token of good respect to Baruc...
_When Michaiah, the son of Shaphan, had heard_, &c. Shaphan's family were all great men at court: see note on Jeremiah 26:24; _he went down into the king's house_, &c. It is uncertain whether this Mic...
9-19 Shows of piety and devotion may be found even among those, who, though they keep up forms of godliness, are strangers and enemies to the power of it. The princes patiently attended the reading o...
The courage of Baruch is admirable, he was now before the council, in the king's house, the substance of the prophecies were threatening both to the king and court, and to all the people. The king, as...
Jeremiah 36:15 said H559 (H8799) down H3427 (H8798) read H7121 (H8798) hearing H241 Baruch H1263 read...
BARUCH'S READING OF THE WORDS OF JEREMIAH IN THE TEMPLE COMES TO THE EARS OF THE PRINCES OF JUDAH WHO SUMMON HIM TO READ IT BEFORE THEM (JEREMIAH 36:9). Baruch's (or Jeremiah's) influence comes out in...
JEREMIAH WRITES OUT HIS PROPHECIES IN WRITTEN FORM AND COMMITS THEM TO BARUCH WHO READS THEM OUT IN THE TEMPLE. THE SCROLL EVENTUALLY REACHES JEHOIAKIM WHO DEMONSTRATES HIS CONTEMPT FOR THE PROPHET BY...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's writing in the days of Jehoiakim. Reading on the fast day. Burning of the roll and orders to persecute Jeremiah. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Josiah, Baruch, Gemariah, M...
Jeremiah 36:1. _The fourth year of Jehoiakim._ Though this chapter seems out of its place, yet it may not be so, but may be a reference to past events. Jeremiah 36:2. _Take thee a roll of a book._ Anc...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“_Fourth of Jehoiakim._” See Note on chap. 25. 2. NATIONAL AFFAIRS.—Jehoiakim was at that time vassal of Pharoah-Necho; but Nebuchadnezzar...
CHAPTERS 36-38. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS PRECEDING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. Jeremiah 36:1. THE ROLL OF PROPHECY DESTROYED BY JEHOIAK
This time shall we turn to Jeremiah chapter 36 as we continue our journey through the Word of God towards heaven. Now as we have pointed out, the prophecies of Jeremiah are not in chronological order...
Jeremiah 36:21...
THE WORD OF THE LORD Jeremiah 36:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want to show you how it was that Jeremiah spoke not his own words, but the words of the Lord. In order to do this, we want to place before y...