Jeremiah 36:15

Then said they unto him, Sit down we pray thee and read it in our ears, So Baruch read it in their ears.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

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

In Context

14All the princes, therefore sent unto Baruch, Jehudi, son of Nethaniah son of Shelemiah son of Cushi saying, The roll wherein thou didst read in the ears of the people, take it in thy hand, and come, So Baruch son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came in unto them.

16And it came to pass when they heard all the words, that they turned with fear one to another,—and said unto Baruch, We must, surely tell, the king, all these words!

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Cross References

Jeremiah 36:21The king, therefore sent, Jehudi, to fetch the roll, and he fetched it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe,—and Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes who were standing near the king.

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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