Jeremiah 36:24

And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.

Douay-Rheims 1899

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 when Judi had read three or four pages, he cut it with the penknife, and he cast it into the Are, that was upon the hearth, till all the volume was consumed with the fire that was on the hearth.

25But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn. the book: and he heard them not.

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Cross References

Exodus 7:23And he turned himself away and went into his house, neither did he set his heart to it this time also.

2 Kings 19:1And when king Ezechias heard these words, he rent his garments, and covered himself with sackcloth, and went into the house of the Lord.

2 Chronicles 34:19And when he had heard the words of the law, he rent his garments:

Psalms 36:1Unto the end, for the servant of God, David himself.

Psalms 64:5to shoot in secret the undefiled.

Isaiah 36:22And Eliacim the son of Helcias, that was over the house, and Sobna the scribe, and Joahe the son of Asaph the recorder, went in to Ezechias with their garments rent, and told him the words of Rabsaces.

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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