George Haydock's Catholic Commentary
Jeremiah 36:19
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Are. Thus they provide for the safety of the prophets, and perform their duty to the king.
CHAPTER XXXVI.
Are. Thus they provide for the safety of the prophets, and perform their duty to the king.
Verse Jeremiah 36:19. _GO, HIDE THEE, THOU AND JEREMIAH_] They saw that the king would be displeased, and most probably seek their lives; and as they believed the prophecy was from God, they wished to...
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...
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See introd. summary to the chapter....
_Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah_ See on Jeremiah 36:5. The princes doubtless had before their minds the fate of Uriah (Jeremiah 26:23). The so-called "Grotto of Jeremiah" near the "Quarries of Solom...
GO, HIDE THEE— "We cannot avoid giving the king information of what we have heard; but, as we know his violent temper, we advise you to abscond awhile, to avoid his fury." This example of the princes...
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...
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. THEN SAID THE PRINCES UNTO BARUCH, GO, HIDE THEE - showing that they were not altogether witho...
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...
(17-19) TELL US NOW, HOW DIDST THOU WRITE...? — The question was clearly put as a judicial interrogatory. The princes were anxious to ascertain how far each of the parties concerned was responsible. H...
וַ יֹּאמְר֤וּ הַ שָּׂרִים֙ אֶל ־בָּר֔וּךְ לֵ֥
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...
Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, (k) hide thyself, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are. (k) They who were godly among the princes gave this counsel by whose means it is like that...
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...
We see that these courtly princes changed, when they perceived that it was indeed God’s hand, and yet they remained in a state of insensibility. God often thus terrifies profane men, and yet they retu...
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...
THEN SAID THE PRINCES UNTO BARUCH,.... Being satisfied with his answer: GO HIDE THEE, THOU AND JEREMIAH, AND LET NO MAN KNOW WHERE YE BE. Some of these princes at least seem to be good men, and belie...
_Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be._ Ver. 19. _Go hide thee, thou and Jeremiah._] This was well, but not all. They draw not Baruch b...
_When they heard all the words_ It is hardly to be imagined that all these counsellors would sit still till they had heard all the prophecies read which Jeremiah had uttered for the last twenty-two ye...
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be. The reading had made a deep impression upon them, but they had an instinctive feeling that Jeremia...
THE ROLL DESTROYED AND REWRITTEN...
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...
This speaketh these princes to have been men of a much gentler temper and better disposition than those who succeeded them in Zedekiah's time; they were not willing that any harm should come to the pr...
Jeremiah 36:19 princes H8269 said H559 (H8799) Baruch H1263 Go H3212 (H8798) hide H5641 (H8734) Jeremiah...
THE PRINCES HAVING LISTENED TO WHAT WAS WRITTEN IN THE SCROLL ASCERTAIN THE FACTS ABOUT IT AND FEEL IT NECESSARY TO INFORM THE KING ABOUT ITS CONTENTS MEANWHILE ADVISING BARUCH AND JEREMIAH TO GO INTO...
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...
1 Kings 17:3; 1 Kings 18:10; 1 Kings 18:4; 2 Chronicles 25:15;...
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...