Jeremiah 36:4

So Jeremiah called Baruch, son of Neriah,—and Baruch wrote, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of Yahweh which he had spoken unto him upon a scroll.

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

In Context

3Peradventure, the house of Judah will hearken unto all the calamity, which I am devising to execute against them,—to the end they may return every man from his wicked way, whereupon I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin.

5Then did Jeremiah command Baruch, saying,—I, am hindered, I cannot enter the house of Yahweh;

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Cross References

Isaiah 30:8Now, enter—Write it upon a tablet before them And upon a scroll, inscribe it,—That it may serve for a later day, For futurity, unto times age-abiding:—

Jeremiah 32:12and gave the scroll of purchase unto Baruch son of Neriah son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle[’s son], and in the sight of the witnesses who subscribed the scroll of purchase,—in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the guard-court.

Jeremiah 36:18So Baruch said unto them, With his own mouth, used he to proclaim unto me all these words,—and I kept on writing in the book, with ink.

Jeremiah 36:23So then it came to pass when Jehudi had read three or four columns that he cut it up into fragments with a scribe’s knife, and cast them into the fire that was in the stove,—until, all the roll, was consumed on the fire that was on the stove.

Jeremiah 36:28Again take thee another roll, and write thereon, all the former words which were on the first roll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burned.

Jeremiah 43:3but Baruch son of Neriah, is goading thee on against us,—that he may deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, to put us to death, or take us away captive to Babylon.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:2-9

The Roll Written by Baruch. ( b. c. 607.) 1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord , saying, 2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that… Read the whole commentary →

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