Jeremiah 36:7

7 Perhaps their plea will fall {before} Yahweh and each one will turn away from his evil way, for great [is] the anger and wrath that Yahweh 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 instructed Baruch, {saying}, "I [am] held back, I am not able to enter the temple of Yahweh.

6 So you must go and you shall read aloud from the scroll that you have written from my mouth the words of Yahweh in the hearing of the people [in] the temple of Yahweh on a day of fast, and also you shall read aloud in the hearing of all those of Judah who came from their towns.

7 Perhaps their plea will fall {before} Yahweh and each one will turn away from his evil way, for great [is] the anger and wrath that Yahweh pronounced against this people."

8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the prophet instructed him, to read aloud from the scroll the words of Yahweh [in] the temple of Yahweh.

9 {And then} in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast {before} Yahweh.

Footnotes

• [a]. Literally "to the face of"