Jeremiah 36:16

Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch: 'We will surely tell the king of all these words.'

JPS TaNaKH 1917

In The King James Version

Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

In Context

15And they said unto him: 'Sit down now, and read it in our ears.' So Baruch read it in their ears.

17And they asked Baruch, saying: 'Tell us now: How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?'

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Cross References

Jeremiah 13:18Say thou unto the king and to the queen-mother: 'Sit ye down low; for your headtires are come down, even your beautiful crown.'

Jeremiah 36:24Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Amos 7:10Then Amaziah the priest of Beth-el sent to Jeroboam king of Israel, saying: 'Amos hath conspired against thee in the midst of the house of Israel; the land is not able to bear all his words.

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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