Jeremiah 36:17

And they questioned him, saying, “Describe to us how you wrote all these words from 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

16Therefore, when they had heard all the words, each one looked at his neighbor in astonishment, and they said to Baruch: “We ought to report all these words to the king.”

18Then Baruch said to them: “He was speaking with his mouth, as if reading to me. And I wrote in a volume with ink.”

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Cross References

John 9:10Therefore, they said to him, “How were your eyes opened?”

John 9:26Then they said to him: “What did he do to you? How did he open 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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