Jeremiah 36:5

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

The Emphasised Bible by J. B. Rotherham

In The King James Version

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

In Context

4So 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.

6Thou, therefore shalt enter and read in the roll which thou hast written from my mouth the words of Yahweh in the ears of the people in the house of Yahweh on the day of a fast,—moreover also, in the ears of all Judah who are coming in out of their cities, shalt thou read them:

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Cross References

Jeremiah 32:2and, then, the forces of the king of Babylon were besieging Jerusalem,—and, Jeremiah the prophet, had been shut up in the guard-court, which was in the house of the king of Judah;

Jeremiah 37:15Then were the princes wroth against Jeremiah, and smote him,—and put him in prison, in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for that, had they made the prison.

Jeremiah 38:28So Jeremiah remained in the guard-court, until the day when Jerusalem, was captured; thus it fell out when Jerusalem, was captured.

2 Corinthians 11:23Ministers of Christ, are they? As one deranged I am talking, I, above measure!—in toils, superabundantly, in prisons, superabundantly, in stripes, to excess, in deaths, oft,—

Ephesians 6:20In behalf of which I am conducting an embassy in chains, that, therein, I may use freedom of utterance as it is needful for me to speak.

Hebrews 11:36Others, again, of mockings and scourgings, received trial, nay! further, of bonds and imprisonments:

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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