Jeremiah 36:17

And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?

Bible in Basic English

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 about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.

18Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.

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Cross References

John 9:10So they said to him, How then were your eyes made open?

John 9:26Then they said to him, What did he do to you? how did he give you the use of your 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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