Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible
Jeremiah 36:24
They were not afraid.. neither the king, etc.] Contrast with this the conduct of the king's father Josiah when the newly discovered Book of the Law was read to him (2 Kings 22:11).
They were not afraid.. neither the king, etc.] Contrast with this the conduct of the king's father Josiah when the newly discovered Book of the Law was read to him (2 Kings 22:11).
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...
NOT AFRAID. The courtiers were less open to holy fear than the People were. See note on Jeremiah 36:9. Contrast Jehoiakim's father, king Josiah (2 Kings 22:11). Contrast also the sentence pronounced o...
See introd. summary to the ch....
_And they were not afraid … neither the king_ Contrast the conduct of the king's father (2 Kings 22:11)....
C. The Word Attacked Jeremiah 36:20-26 TRANSLATION (20) Then they went unto the king in the court, having deposited the scroll in the chamber of Elisham a the scribe, and they report all the words to...
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. YET THEY WERE NOT AFRAID ... NEITHER THE KING, NOR ANY OF HIS SERVANTS THAT...
(24-25) YET THEY WERE NOT AFRAID, NOR RENT THEIR GARMENTS... — If we suppose that the “servants” are identical with the princes, these were the very men who, when they first heard the words, had been...
וְ לֹ֣א פָחֲד֔וּ וְ לֹ֥א קָרְע֖וּ אֶת
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...
Yet they were not afraid, nor tore (m) their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. (m) Showing that the wicked instead of repenting when they hear God's ju...
_Afraid. They saw all without any concern, not believing that God spoke to them. They did not imitate Josias, 2 Paralipomenon xxxiv. 19._...
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...
_A FOOLISH BRAVERY_ ‘They were not afraid.’ Jeremiah 36:24 Jehoiakim is king in Jerusalem. The best of fathers he had—the devout, true-hearted Josiah; but this Jehoiakim turned out to be the worst...
The Prophet now connects doctrine with the narrative, for what we have hitherto seen would be frigid were no instruction added. The Prophet then shews why he had related what we have read of the king’...
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...
YET THEY WERE NOT AFRAID, NOR RENT THEIR GARMENTS,.... They were not struck with horror at such an impious action as the burning of the roll; nor afraid of the judgments and wrath of God threatened in...
_Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words._ Ver. 24. _Yet they were not afraid._] _Ne paulum quidem perculsi sunt._ Th...
_Yet they were not afraid_ No, not those princes that trembled at the word when they heard it the first time, Jeremiah 36:16. The fear with which they were then seized quickly wore off, or else they d...
Yet they were not afraid, they were not terrified by the Lord's threats, NOR RENT THEIR GARMENTS, as they should have done in grief and mourning over their sins and the Lord's impending punishment upo...
THE ROLL DESTROYED AND REWRITTEN...
20-32 Those who despise the word of God, will soon show, as this king did, that they hate it; and, like him, they would wish it destroyed. See what enmity there is against God in the carnal mind, and...
So hardened were this people's hearts, that though they knew that Jeremiah was a prophet of the Lord, upon the experience now of more than twenty years, and the whole scope of his prophecies had been...
Jeremiah 36:24 afraid H6342 (H8804) tear H7167 (H8804) garments H899 king H4428 servants H5650 heard H8085 ...
THE SCROLL IS BROUGHT TO THE KING AND IS READ BEFORE HIM AND ON HEARING EACH SECTION HE CUTS IT UP WITH A KNIFE AND BURNS IT AFTER WHICH HE CALLS FOR THE ARREST OF JEREMIAH AND BARUCH WHO ARE, HOWEVER...
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 36:24 The conduct which we read of in the text seems to be nothing out of the way, nothing strange, nothing which we cannot enter into and cannot explain, but only an instance of what goes o...
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...
_Yet they were not afraid._ THE HARDENING POWER OF SIN Is it conceivable that men who believed Jeremiah to be a prophet of God should despise his words? Is it credible that, after preaching for twent...
_He cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth until an the ton was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth _ THE BURNT ROLL I. The incidents connected with the t...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 36:23 The KING and HIS SERVANTS show no regard for God’s word. To them the scroll is merely fuel for the FIRE. To cut... of
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 21:27; 2 Chronicles 34:19; 2 Kings 19:1; 2 Kings 19:2;...
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...