Jeremiah 36:18

Then 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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In The King James Version

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

In Context

17And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?

19Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 36:2Take a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.

Jeremiah 43:2Then Azariah, the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan, the son of Kareah, and all the men of pride, said to Jeremiah, You have said what is false: the Lord our God has not sent you to say, You are not to go into the land of Egypt and make your living-place there:

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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