Jer 36:1, 4, 8, 14-18, 26, 32 | TSK | STEP | Jeremiah causes Baruch to write his prophesy, and publicly to read it. The princes, having intelligence thereof by Michaiah, send Jehudi to fetch the roll and read it. They will Baruch to hide himself and Jeremiah. The king, Jehoiakim, being certified thereof, hears part of it, and burns the roll. Jeremiah denounces his judgment. Baruch writes a new copy.

with ink.{Baddeyo} is rendered by some, after him; but {deyo} (in Chaldee and Syriac {deyootha,} and in Welsh {du,}) certainly denotes ink; whence are derived the Arabic {dawat} and {deweet,} and Persian {deeveet,} an ink-holder; the Syriac {dayowo}, and Persian {div,} the devil. So the Alexandrian copy of the LXX. has [en melani,] and Vulgate {atramento,} "with ink." Perhaps the princes supposed that Baruch had written this roll from memory; and that it was rather to be considered as his composition, than the substance of Jeremiah's prophecies; and they might ask this apparently frivolous question in order to allay the alarms excited by considering it as the word of God. But Baruch, with great simplicity, so answered their question, as to shew that he only acted as Jeremiah's amanuensis, and wrote verbatim what he had dictated.

Jeremiah 36:26

Hammelech. or, the king. to take.

2:30; 26:21-23; 1Ki 19:1-3,10,14; Mt 23:34-37; 26:47-50

Joh 7:32; 8:20; 11:57

but.

5,19; 1:19; 15:20,21; 1Ki 17:3,9; 18:4,10-12; 2Ki 6:18-20

Ps 27:5; 32:7; 57:1; 64:2; 91:1; 121:8; Isa 26:20; Joh 8:59; Ac 12:11

Jeremiah 36:32

took.

28-30

who.

4,18; Ex 4:15,16; Ro 16:22

there.

Le 26:18,21,24,28; Da 3:19; Re 22:18

like words. Heb. words as they.