Jeremiah 36:7

7 ¹It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the LORD, ²and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people."

Jeremiah 36:7 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 36:7

It may be they will present their supplication before the Lord,
&c.] Or, "perhaps their supplication will fall" ^F15; they will present it in an humble manner before him; alluding to the prostration of their bodies, and dejection of their countenances, in prayer: and will return every man from his evil way;
not only pray for mercy, but repent of sin, and reform; without which mercy is not to be expected: for great [is] the anger and fury that the Lord hath pronounced against
this people;
a very sore judgment, no less than the utter destruction of their city, temple, and nation.

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FOOTNOTES:

F15 (Mtnxt lpt ylwa) "forte, [vel] fortasse cadet deprecatio eorum", Piscator, Schmidt. So Pagninus, Montanus

Jeremiah 36:7 In-Context

5 And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am banned from going to the house of the LORD,

6 so you are to go, and on a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the LORD's house you shall read the words of the LORD from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities.

7 It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the LORD, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people."

8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the prophet ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.

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

Cross References

• 1. [See ver. 3 above]
• 2. [See ver. 3 above]