Jeremiah 36:8

_AND BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH DID ACCORDING TO ALL THAT JEREMIAH THE PROPHET COMMANDED HIM, READING IN THE BOOK THE WORDS OF THE LORD IN THE LORD'S HOUSE._ No JFB commentary on this verse....

Here the promptitude of Baruch is commended, for he did not disobey God’s Prophet, but willingly undertook the office deputed to him. His office, as we have said, was not without danger. As then his message was by no means popular, but on the contrary very disagreeable, hence is seen the devotedness of Baruch. He made no refusal, for he knew that this burden was laid on him for some purpose. Jeremiah then says, that _he did as he had been commanded, _and _read _in the Temple the _words of Jehovah _(103) He calls them a little farther on _the words of Jeremiah, _but the same thing is meant; for as God is, as it were, represented by his ministers, so he often transfers to them what belongs peculiarly to himself. (Romans 2:16; 2 Timothy 2:8) That is called the doctrine of Jeremiah, which yet, properly speaking, ha

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 to sinners the evil he purposes to do against them, that they may hear, and fear, and return from their evil ways; and whenever any one makes this use of God's warnings, in dependence on his promised mercy, he will find the Lord ready to forgive his sins. All others will be left without excuse; and the consideration that great is the anger God has pronounced against us for sin, should quicken both our prayers and our endeavours....

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CHAPTERS 36-38. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS PRECEDING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. Jeremiah 36:1. THE ROLL OF PROPHECY DESTROYED BY JEHOIAKIM. EXPOSITION In the fourth year of Jehoiakim (which, it is important to remember, was the first of Nebuchadnezzar) Jeremiah was directed to write down all his previous revelations, from the beginning of his ministry to the present day. Such, at least, is the literal meaning of verses 1, 2; but it would seem that the literal meaning can hardly be the right one. First of all, a historically accurate reproduction of the prophecies would not have suited Jeremi

AND BARUCH THE SON OF NERIAH DID ACCORDING TO ALL THAT JEREMIAH THE PROPHET COMMANDED HIM,.... Here follows Baruch's obedience to the prophet's commands; which he considered no doubt as the will of the Lord, who directed the prophet to give the orders he did; and which he punctually observed, in all respects, as to things, time, and place: READING IN THE BOOK THE WORDS OF THE LORD IN THE LORD'S HOUSE; the prophecies of Jeremiah, which came from the Lord, and which he had transcribed into a book from the mouth of the prophet; these he read before the people in the temple, a first, if not a second time, before the reading of it recorded in the following verses....

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 36:21) 4. The indestructibility of the Word of God (Jeremiah 36:27) Jeremiah 36:1. Once more we are taken back to the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Jeremiah is now commanded to commit all the words Jehovah had spoken to him to writing. It was for the purpose that the people might hear of all the evil and

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 book see Introduction, § 4, for the probable contents of the roll. The circumstances also throw light on the origin of written prophecy in general; the failure of the oral testimony (Jeremiah 36:3 cf. Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 30:8) led to its preservation through writing. The pioneers amongst the so-called literary prophets are not primarily writers at all; the written records of their work are largely incidental, a fact which helps to explain the f

_And Baruch … did according to all_ This summary statement of the fact that Baruch carried out Jeremiah's commands is followed by the detailed account in Jeremiah 36:9 f....

2. _The reading by Baruch_ (Jeremiah 36:8-10) TRANSLATION (8) And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all which Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the scroll the words of the LORD at the house of the LORD. (9) And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people called a fast before the LORD in Jerusalem; and all the people were coming from the cities of Judah into Jerusalem. (10) And Baruch read in the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the presence of all the people in the house of the LORD in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court? at the entrance of the new gate of the house of the LORD. COMMENTS As Jeremiah faithfully executed the commands of God, Baruch faithfully carried out the instructions of his master in every detail ...