Jeremiah 36:15

15 They said to him, "Sit down and read [it] in our hearing." So Baruch read [it] in their hearing.

Jeremiah 36:15 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 36:15

And they said unto him, sit down now
Or, "pray sit down" {q}; they received him very courteously, and treated him with great humanity, and showed much respect to him, in beseeching him to sit down by them: and read it in our ears;
as he had done in the ears of the people, with an audible voice, clearly and distinctly, that they might be able to hear it, so as to understand it: so Baruch read [it] in their ears;
without any fear or dread, though in the king's palace, and before an assembly of princes; nor did he excuse himself on account of weariness, having just read it to the people; or upbraid the princes with not being in the temple, where they might have heard it.

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FOOTNOTES:

F17 (an bv) "sede quaeso", Vatablus, Schmidt.

Jeremiah 36:15 In-Context

13 Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard when Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

14 Then all the officials sent [word] to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, "Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come." So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

15 They said to him, "Sit down and read [it] in our hearing." So Baruch read [it] in their hearing.

16 When they had heard all the words, they turned to each other in fear and said to Baruch, "We must surely tell the king all these things."

17 Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us-how did you write all these words? At his dictation?"