Matthew Poole's Concise Commentary
Jeremiah 36:14
That is, all the princes that at that time sat there in council sent a messenger with a command to Baruch to appear before them: and to bring the roll which he had read in the ears of the people.
That is, all the princes that at that time sat there in council sent a messenger with a command to Baruch to appear before them: and to bring the roll which he had read in the ears of the people.
Jehudi signifies a Jew and Cushi an Ethiopian, but it seems reasonable to conclude that they are genuine, proper names....
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...
_Jehudi … the son of Cushi_ Although the first of these names also means a Jew, and the second an Ethiopian, it is more probable that both are distinctly proper names here. There may, however, still b...
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...
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people,...
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...
THEREFORE ALL THE PRINCES SENT JEHUDI THE SON OF NETHANIAH.... — There must obviously have been some reason for the exceptionally long genealogy thus given. It is probably indicated by the first and l...
וַ יִּשְׁלְח֨וּ כָל ־הַ שָּׂרִ֜ים אֶל ־בָּר֗ו
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...
They ought indeed to have gone up immediately into the Temple; but though they were not wholly irreligious, yet they shewed some pride, as they commonly do who are surrounded with splendor, being not...
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...
THEREFORE ALL THE PRINCES SENT JEHUDI,.... Who, according to Junius, was the king's apparitor: he is described by his descent, THE SON OF NETHANIAH, THE SON OF SHELEMIAH, THE SON OF CUSHI; him the pr...
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, a...
_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...
Therefore all the princes, aroused by the report given them by Michaiah, SENT JEHUDI, THE SON OF NETHA-NIAH, THE SON OF SHELAMIAH, THE SON OF CUSHI, UNTO BARUCH, SAYING, TAKE IN THINE HAND THE ROLL WH...
THE PROPHECIES RECORDED AND READ...
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...
Jeremiah 36:14 princes H8269 sent H7971 (H8799) Jehudi H3065 son H1121 Nethaniah H5418 son H1121 Shelemiah H8018
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...
2 Kings 25:23; Ezekiel 2:6; Ezekiel 2:7; Jeremiah 36:2; Jeremiah 40:8;
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...