Jeremiah 36:24

And they were not afraid, and rent not their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants, who heard all these words;

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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 Jehudi had read three or four sections, he [[the king]] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire, into the brasier, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire in the brasier.

25and although Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah interceded with the king not to burn the roll, yet he would not hearken to them.

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Cross References

Psalms 36:1“For the leader of the music. A psalm of David, the servant of the Lord.” To speak of the ungodliness of the wicked is in my heart. He hath no fear of God before his eyes.

Psalms 64:5They prepare themselves for an evil deed; They commune of laying secret snares: “Who,” say they, “will see them?”

Isaiah 36:22Then came Eliakim, the son of Hilkiah, that was over the palace, and Shebna the scribe, and Joah, the son of Asaph, the annalist, to Hezekiah, with their clothes rent, and told him the words of Rabshakeh.

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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