Jeremiah 36:5

And Jeremiah instructed Baruch, saying: “I am confined, and so I am unable to enter into the house of the Lord.

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In The King James Version

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

In Context

4Therefore, Jeremiah called Baruch, the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken to him, in the volume of a book.

6Therefore, you shall enter and read from the volume, in which you have written from my mouth the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the house of the Lord on the day of the fast. Moreover, you shall also read them in the hearing of all those of Judah who are arriving from their cities.

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Cross References

Jeremiah 32:2It was then that the army of the king of Babylon besieged Jerusalem. And Jeremiah, the prophet, was confined to the atrium of the prison, which was in the house of the king of Judah.

Jeremiah 37:15And so Jeremiah went into the house of the prison and into a dungeon. And Jeremiah sat there for many days.

Jeremiah 38:28Yet truly, Jeremiah remained at the entrance of the prison, until the day when Jerusalem was seized. And it happened that Jerusalem was captured.

2 Corinthians 11:23They are the ministers of Christ (I speak as if I were less wise); more so am I: with many more labors, with numerous imprisonments, with wounds beyond measure, with frequent mortifications.

Ephesians 6:20in such a manner that I may dare to speak exactly as I ought to speak. For I act as an ambassador in chains for the Gospel.

Hebrews 11:36Truly, others were tested by mocking and lashes, and moreover by chains and imprisonment.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:2-9

The Roll Written by Baruch. ( b. c. 607.) 1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that… Read the whole commentary →

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