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Jeremiah 36:17 KJV
Jeremiah · chapter 36 · verse 17
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?Jeremiah 36:17 · King James Version
Jeremiah 36:17 in context
15And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
16Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
18Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
19Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
Commentary
Key words (Strong's)
- BaruchBârûwkBaruk, the name of three IsraelitesH1263 →
- sayingʼâmarto sayH559 →
- askedshâʼalto inquireH7592 →
- writekâthabto grave, by implication, to writeH3789 →
- wordsdâbâra wordH1697 →
- Tellnâgadproperly, to frontH5046 →
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It should seem that Baruch had been frequently reading out of the book, to all companies that would give him the hearing, before the most solemn reading of it altogether which is here spoken of; for the directions were given about it in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, whereas this was done in the fifth year, Jer 36:9.
— Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on verses 9-19