Jeremiah 43:4
So Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and he wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken to him, on a roll of a book.
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In Context
5And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am in prison; I cannot enter into the house of the Lord:
Cross References
2 Chronicles 25:16And it came to pass when the prophet was speaking to him, that he said to him, Have I made thee king’s counselor? take heed lest thou be scourged: and the prophet forebore, and said, I know that God is disposed against thee to destroy thee, because thou hast done this thing, and hast not hearkened to my counsel.
Ecclesiastes 9:16And I said, Wisdom is better than power: 1 Yet the wisdom of the poor man is set at nought, 1 And his words not listened to. 1
Jeremiah 42:10but we have dwelt in tents, and have hearkened, and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us.
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 43:2-8
The People's Insolent Reply. ( b. c. 588.) 1 And it came to pass, that when Jeremiah had made an end of speaking unto all the people all the words of the Lord their God, for which the Lord their God had sent him to them, even all these words, 2 Then spake Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying unto Jeremiah, Thou speakest falsely: the Lord our God hath not sent thee to say, Go not into Egypt to sojourn there: 3 But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against… Read the whole commentary →