Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 36:22
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the (l) ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.
(l) Which contained part of November and part of December.
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the (l) ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him.
(l) Which contained part of November and part of December.
Verse Jeremiah 36:22. _WINTERHOUSE_] A warm apartment suited to the season of the year, (_December_,) when in Palestine there is often snow upon the ground, though it does not last long. _A fire on t...
THE WINTERHOUSE - A separate portion of the palace was used for residence according to the season (marginal reference). AND THERE WAS A FIRE ON THE HEARTH ... - And the fire-pan burning before them....
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...
ON THE HEARTH. in the brasier: i.e. the vessel into which the burning charcoal was put from the hearth in houses of the better sort....
See introd. summary to the ch....
_in the winter house_ See on Jeremiah 36:9. It was a cold and rainy time of the year (see Ezra 10:9). Amos (Jeremiah 3:15) mentions both winter and summer houses. "In common parlance the lower apartme...
NOW THE KING SAT IN THE WINTER-HOUSE— See Amos 3:15. This description of Jehoiakim's sitting in his winter-house in the 9th month, which corresponds to the latter end of November and part of December,...
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...
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. THE WINTER-HOUSE - (Amos 3:15, "I will smite the winter-house with the summer-house")...
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...
THE WINTER-HOUSE] a separate portion of the palace, as appears from Amos 3:15. ON THE HEARTH] RV 'in the brasier': so in Jeremiah 36:23. Braziers containing charcoal were placed in a depression in the...
NOW THE KING SAT IN THE WINTERHOUSE IN THE NINTH MONTH. — The “winterhouse” (the palaces of kings seem to have been commonly provided with such a special apartment; comp. Amos 3:15) was probably the s...
וְ הַ מֶּ֗לֶךְ יֹושֵׁב֙ בֵּ֣ית הַ חֹ֔רֶף
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...
_Winter-house. He was very magnificent, and had other apartments for summer. Though the climate was warm, fires would be useful in November. --- Hearth. There was no chimney used, and the smoke went o...
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...
NOW THE KING SAT IN THE WINTER HOUSE, IN THE NINTH MONTH,.... The month Cisleu, which answers to part of November, and part of December; and so was the midst of winter, and a proper time for the king...
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and [there was a fire] on the hearth burning before him. Ver. 22. _Now the king sat in the winter house._] There sat he, in that his stately an...
_Now the king sat in the winter-house_ The princes and great men had distinct houses, or apartments, fitted for the several seasons of the year, Amos 3:15. _In the ninth month_ Which answers to the la...
THE ROLL DESTROYED AND REWRITTEN...
Now, the king sat in the winter-house, in one of the inner and sheltered rooms of the palace, where also the great hall was situated, IN THE NINTH MONTH, corresponding roughly to our December; AND THE...
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...
The ninth month with them answered part of our November and December, which was a time of the year called for fires....
Jeremiah 36:22 king H4428 sitting H3427 (H8802) winter H2779 house H1004 ninth H8671 month H2320 burning H1197
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...
NINTH MONTH That is, December....
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...
_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...
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...
Amos 3:15; Jeremiah 22:14; Jeremiah 3:20...
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...
The ninth month — Answered to part of our November and December....