Jeremiah 36:1-19

Jeremiah's Scroll Read in the Temple

1 In the ¹fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

2 "Take a ²scroll * and write on it all the ³words which I have spoken to you concerning ⁴Israel and concerning Judah, and concerning all the ⁵nations, from the ⁶day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

3 "⁷Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the calamity which I plan to bring on them, in order that every man will ⁸turn from his evil way; then I will ⁹forgive their iniquity and their sin."

4 Then Jeremiah called ¹⁰Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a ¹¹scroll * at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.

5 Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am ¹²restricted; I cannot * go into the house of the LORD.

6 "So you go and ¹³read from the scroll which you have ¹⁴written at my dictation the words of the LORD to the people in the LORD'S house on a ¹⁵fast day. And also you shall read them to all the people of Judah who come from their cities.

7 "¹⁶Perhaps their supplication will come before the LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way, for ¹⁷great is the anger and the wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people."

8 Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, ¹⁸reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house.

9 Now in the ¹⁹fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ²⁰ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who ²¹came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a ²²fast before the LORD.

10 Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD in the ²³chamber of ²⁴Gemariah the son of Shaphan the ²⁵scribe, in the upper court, at the ²⁶entry of the New Gate of the LORD'S house, to all the people.

11 Now when ²⁷Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the LORD from the book,

12 he went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there -²⁸Elishama the scribe, and ²⁹Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and ³⁰Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

13 Micaiah ³¹declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people.

14 Then all the officials sent ³²Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, "Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come." So Baruch the son of Neriah ³³took the scroll in his hand and went to them.

15 They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch ³⁴read it to them.

16 When they had heard all the words, they turned in ³⁵fear one to another and said to Baruch, "We will surely ³⁶report all these words to the king."

17 And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us, please, ³⁷how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?"

18 Then Baruch said to them, "He ³⁸dictated * * all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book."

19 Then the officials said to Baruch, "Go, ³⁹hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are."

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Jeremiah 36:1-19 Meaning and Commentary

INTRODUCTION TO JEREMIAH 36

This chapter gives an account of an impious action of King Jehoiakim's burning the roll of Jeremiah's prophecies read unto him, and the consequence of it. The order to write this roll, the time when, the contents and use of it, are in Jer 36:1-3; the writing of it by Baruch, the order of the prophet to read it to the people on such a day, with the view he had in so doing, Jer 36:4-7; the reading of it by Baruch to the people first, Jer 36:8-10; then to the princes, being sent for by them, upon a report made to them, Jer 36:11-15; the king being acquainted with it, Jehudi was sent to fetch the roll, who read it to the king, Jer 36:16-21; who having heard part of it, burnt it, notwithstanding the intercession of some of his princes to the contrary, Jer 36:22-25; and who also ordered the apprehension of Jeremiah and Baruch, who could not be found, Jer 36:26; upon this a new roll is ordered to be written, Jer 36:27,28; which was done with some additions to it, respecting the destruction of the land, and the people in it, by the Chaldeans; and particularly the death of the king, and his want of burial, Jer 36:29-32.

Taken from John Gill's Exposition of the Bible

Cross References 39

1. 2 Kings 24:1; 2 Chronicles 36:5-7; Jeremiah 25:1, 3; Jeremiah 45:1; Jeremiah 46:2; Daniel 1:1
2. Exodus 17:14; Isaiah 8:1; Jer 36:6, 23, 28; Zechariah 5:1, 2
3. Jeremiah 1:9, 10; Jeremiah 30:2; Habakkuk 2:2
4. Jeremiah 3:3-10; Jeremiah 23:13, 14; Jeremiah 32:30-32
5. Jeremiah 1:5, 10; Jeremiah 25:9-29; chs 47-51
6. Jeremiah 1:2, 3; Jeremiah 25:3
7. Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 36:7; Ezekiel 12:3
8. Deuteronomy 30:2, 8; 1 Samuel 7:3; Isaiah 55:7; Jeremiah 18:8, 11; Jeremiah 35:15; Jonah 3:8
9. Jonah 3:10; Mark 4:12; Acts 3:19
10. Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 36:18; Jeremiah 43:3; Jeremiah 45:1
11. Jeremiah 36:14; Ezekiel 2:9
12. Jeremiah 32:2; Jeremiah 33:1; 2 Corinthians 11:23
13. Jeremiah 36:8
14. Jeremiah 36:4
15. Jeremiah 36:9; Zechariah 8:19
16. 1 Kings 8:33; 2 Chronicles 33:12, 13; Jeremiah 26:3; Jeremiah 36:3
17. Deuteronomy 28:15; Deuteronomy 31:16, 17; 2 Kings 22:13, 17; Jeremiah 4:4; Jeremiah 21:5; Lamentations 4:11
18. Jeremiah 1:17; Jeremiah 36:6
19. Jeremiah 36:1
20. Jeremiah 36:22
21. Jeremiah 36:6
22. Judges 20:26; 1 Samuel 7:6; 2 Chronicles 20:3; Esther 4:16; Joel 1:14; Joel 2:15; Jonah 3:5
23. Jeremiah 35:4
24. Jeremiah 36:11, 25
25. 2 Samuel 8:17; Jeremiah 52:25
26. Jeremiah 26:10
27. Jeremiah 36:13
28. Jeremiah 36:20
29. Jeremiah 36:25
30. Jeremiah 26:22
31. 2 Kings 22:10
32. Jeremiah 36:21
33. Jeremiah 36:2; Ezekiel 2:7-10
34. Jeremiah 36:21
35. Jeremiah 36:24; Acts 24:25
36. Jeremiah 13:18; Amos 7:10, 11
37. John 9:10, 15, 26
38. Jeremiah 36:4
39. 1 Kings 17:3; 1 Kings 18:4, 10; Jeremiah 26:20-24; Jeremiah 36:26

Footnotes 9

[a]. Lit "scroll of a book"
[b]. Lit "scroll of a book"
[c]. Lit "from the mouth of"
[d]. Lit "shut up"
[e]. Lit "from my mouth"
[f]. Lit "in the ears of," and so throughout this context
[g]. Lit "in the ears of," and so throughout this context
[h]. Lit "fall"
[i]. Lit "from his mouth," and so throughout this context