Kretzmann's Popular Commentary
Jeremiah 36:5
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up, he was prevented at that time from attending to this matter in person; I cannot go into the house of the Lord;
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up, he was prevented at that time from attending to this matter in person; I cannot go into the house of the Lord;
SHUT UP - Hindered from going; perhaps through fear of Jehoiakim....
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...
SHUT UP. Not in prison (for Compare Jeremiah 36:19), but in hiding, or from some unexplained reason....
_I am shut up_ The same verb occurs chs. Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 39:15, in the sense of _in confinement_. Here, however, it cannot have that force (see Jeremiah 36:19), but simply means that he was hi...
I AM SHUT UP, &C.— Not in prison; but in some place where the prophet had hidden himself, to avoid Jehoiakim. See Jeremiah 36:26....
B. The Word Read Jeremiah 36:5-19 The word of God was never intended to be written and then deposited in the public archives. God's word is meant to be read, studied, heeded, and obeyed. Therefore it...
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: I AM SHUT UP - not in prison, because there is no account of Jeremiah's imprisonment under Jehoiakim, an...
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...
SHUT UP] not meaning imprisoned (with which Jeremiah 36:19 would be inconsistent), but hindered perhaps by the extreme unpopularity of his recent utterances....
וַ יְצַוֶּ֣ה יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת ־בָּר֖וּךְ לֵ א
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...
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] (d) shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: (d) Meaning, in prison through the malice of the priests....
Shut up. Not that the prophet was now in prison; for the contrary appears from ver. 19., but that he kept himself shut up, by reason of the persecutions he had lately met with. See chap. xxvi. (Challo...
As Jeremiah from long preaching was become unpleasant to those refractory spirits, Baruch appeared to be more likely to conciliate. The word was the same by both, and could not be altered, in accommod...
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 JEREMIAH COMMANDED BARUCH, SAYING, I [AM] SHUT UP,.... In prison, according to Jarchi; but this is not likely, for then there would have been no occasion for an order to take him, Jeremiah 36:26....
_And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:_ Ver. 5. _I am shut up._] Or, I am detained, or restrained; haply by some legal pollution that he had c...
_Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up_ It is not said, that “he was shut up in prison” at this time: but barely that _he was shut up_, or _confined_, as עצור signifies, that is, under some...
1-8 The writing of the Scriptures was by Divine appointment. The Divine wisdom directed to this as a proper means; if it failed, the house of Judah would be the more without excuse. The Lord declares...
No text from Poole on this verse....
Jeremiah 36:5 Jeremiah H3414 commanded H6680 (H8762) Baruch H1263 saying H559 (H8800) confined H6113 (H8803) cannot
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...
JEREMIAH CALLS ON BARUCH TO ACT AS HIS AMANUENSIS AND HAVING DICTATED HIS PROPHECIES SENDS HIM TO THE TEMPLE TO READ THEM OUT TO THE CROWDS WHO ARE GATHERED THERE ON A SPECIAL FAST DAY (JEREMIAH 36:4)...
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...
_I am shut up._ JEREMIAH IN PRISON 1. Jeremiah’s age was one of great political troubles. 2. It was also an age of signal religious privileges. 3. It was an age of great moral corruption. I. His i...
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...
2 Corinthians 11:23; 2 Timothy 2:9; Ephesians 3:1; Ephesians 6:20;...
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...