Jeremiah 36:17

And they asked Baruch, saying, Do tell us, How didst thou write down 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

16Now it came to pass, when they heard all the words, they looked terrified at each other, and they said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

18Then said Baruch unto them, With his mouth did he utter clearly all these words unto me, and I wrote them in the book with ink.

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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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