Jeremiah 36:17

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did thou write all these words at his mouth?

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In The King James Version

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

In Context

16Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

18Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

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Cross References

John 9:10They said to him therefore, How were thine eyes opened?

John 9:26But again they said to him, What did he do to thee? How did he open thine eyes?

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:10-20

Baruch Reads the Roll to the Princes. ( b. c. 607.) 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord , in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord 's house,… Read the whole commentary →

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