Geneva Study Bible Commentary
Jeremiah 36:4
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote (c) from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book.
(c) As he indicted.
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote (c) from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book.
(c) As he indicted.
Verse Jeremiah 36:4. _THEN JEREMIAH CALLED BARUCH_] This man, so useful to the prophet, and so faithfully attached to him, was by office a _scribe_; which signifies, not only a writer, but also a man...
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...
BARUCH. Blessed. The first mention of him chronologically. Other references to him in Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 43:3; Jeremiah 43:6; Jeremiah
_Then Jeremiah called Baruch_ mentioned already (Jeremiah 32:12 f.) as the prophet's attendant. He was grandson of Maaseiah, "governor of the city" (2 Chronicles 34:8) and brother of Seraiah (Jeremiah...
II. THE INDESTRUCTIBLE WORD Jeremiah 36:1-32 As has been repeatedly emphasized thus far, the fourth year of Jehoiakim was a turning point both in the political world and in the ministry of Jeremiah th...
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. BARUCH WROTE ... ALL THE W...
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...
BARUCH] the prophet's companion and assistant already mentioned (Jeremiah 32:12.)....
THEN JEREMIAH CALLED BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH. — See Note on Jeremiah 32:12. The prophet was, as the next verse shows, in some way hindered, though apparently not by imprisonment, as he and Baruch cou...
וַ יִּקְרָ֣א יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת ־בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן...
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...
_Book. This was afterwards burnt. What he wrote a second time has not come down to us, in the same order. Jeremias made us of his memory, which was directed by the Holy Spirit. (Calmet)_...
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...
Here the Prophet declares that he dictated to Baruch, a servant of God, whatever he had previously taught. But there is no doubt but that God suggested to the Prophet at the time what might have been...
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 JEREMIAH CALLED BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH,.... One of his disciples, and whom he had before made use of in the purchase of a field of his uncle's son, and to whom he gave the evidence of the purch...
_Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book._ Ver. 4. Then Jeremiah calI...
_Then Jeremiah called Baruch_ Baruch was the most faithful disciple of this prophet: he served him as long as he lived in the capacity of his secretary, and never left him till his death. _And Baruch...
Then Jeremiah called Baruch, the son of Neriah, who acted as his clerk or secretary; AND BARUCH WROTE FROM THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH, by exact dictation, ALL THE WORDS OF THE LORD WHICH HE HAD SPOKEN UNTO...
THE PROPHECIES RECORDED AND READ...
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...
We shall find this Baruch, being one of Jeremiah's disciples, more than once thus employed as Jeremiah's secretary or amanuensis. None shall need ask how Jeremiah could remember all the prophecies he...
Jeremiah 36:4 Jeremiah H3414 called H7121 (H8799) Baruch H1263 son H1121 Neriah H5374 Baruch H1263 wrote H3789 ...
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)...
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...
_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...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 36:4 BARUCH (see Jeremiah 32:12) was Jeremiah’s friend and fellow servant of God ...
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...
Ezekiel 2:9; Isaiah 8:1; Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 36:17; Jeremiah 36:
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...