Jeremiah 36:24

But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.

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In The King James Version

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

In Context

23And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.

25And Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made a strong request to the king not to let the book be burned, but he would not give ear to them.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:23Then Pharaoh went into his house, and did not take even this to heart.

2 Kings 19:1And on hearing it, King Hezekiah took off his robe, and put on haircloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:19And the king, hearing the words of the law, took his robe in his hands, violently parting it as a sign of his grief.

Psalms 36:1To the chief music-maker. Of the servant of the Lord. Of David.

Psalms 64:5\64:4\So that in secret they may let loose their arrows at the upright, suddenly and unseen.

Isaiah 36:22Then Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, who was over the house, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the recorder, came to Hezekiah with their clothing parted as a sign of grief, and gave him an account of what the Rab-shakeh had said.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:21-32

Jeremiah's Roll Consumed. ( b. c. 607.) 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before… Read the whole commentary →

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