Jeremiah 36:17

And they asked Baruch, saying, 'Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words — from his mouth?'

Young's Literal Translation

In The King James Version

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

In Context

16and it cometh to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid one at another, and say unto Baruch, 'We do surely declare to the king all these words.'

18And Baruch saith to them, 'From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'

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Cross References

John 9:10They said, therefore, to him, 'How were thine eyes opened?'

John 9:26And they said to him again, 'What did he to thee? how did he open thine eyes?'

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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