Jeremiah 36:17 Commentary, explanation, study verse by verse

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

Jeremiah 36:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

The scroll might have been drawn up by Baruch from memoranda of his own without the prophet’s direct authority. The princes therefore did not ask from curiosity, but to obtain necessary information...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 36. The Writing of the Roll. This chapter narrates how the oral prophecies of Jeremiah were first put into writing (604 B.C.). The account is obviously important for the criticism of this...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

The king’s counsellors were, no doubt, so astonished when they heard that these threatenings had been written as the Prophet had dictated them, that they were agitated by different thoughts, as...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? How didst thou write all these words? - At his mouth? - So the text should be pointed. They wished to kn...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

And they asked Baruch, &c.— Mr. Green, on Psalms 13 observes, that these words should be placed and pointed thus :—How didst thou write all these words? From his mouth? And Baruch answered th...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? What they wished to know was, whether what Ba...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Events Connected with the Collection of Jeremiah's Prophecies into a Volume (4th and 5th years of Jehoiakim) The prophecies concerning Israel and Judah are now ended, and we have here the record o...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

(17-19) Tell us now, How didst thou write...? — The question was clearly put as a judicial interrogatory. The princes were anxious to ascertain how far each of the parties concerned was responsible...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

CHAPTER III THE ROLL Jeremiah 36:1-32 "Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee."- Jeremiah 36:2 THE incidents which form so large a proporti...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

a Vain Attempt to Destroy God's Word Jeremiah 36:1-32 These written words had been directly given from God, Jeremiah 36:18 . The fast was instituted to seek divine help in the approaching conf...
Jeremiah 36:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

This chapter constitutes an interpolation in the chronological order of Jeremiah's prophesying. In detail it tells the story of the writing of the words of Jeremiah in a book to which he had incident...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

It should seem,, that Baruch made great use of this roll, and read in it to the people continually! For it was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim that he wrote it, and began to read it; and here we find...
Jeremiah 36:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

And they asked Baruch ,.... The following question, which may seem at first sight an odd, needless, and trifling one, as some have called it: saying, tell us now, how didst thou write all these wo...
Jeremiah 36:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? Ver. 17. Tell us, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? ] Praeposteram movent interro...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

When they heard all the words It is hardly to be imagined that all these counsellors would sit still till they had heard all the prophecies read which Jeremiah had uttered for the last twenty-two y...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Baruch Reads the Roll to the Princes. B. C. 607. 9 And it came to pass in the fifth ye...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

This now seemed but a reasonable question, considering they were the substance of what he had been prophesying for so many years. The thing seemed strange to the princes, prophets being not used to s...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah Writes Out His Prophecies In Written Form And Commits Them To Baruch Who Reads Them Out In The Temple. The Scroll Eventually Reaches Jehoiakim Who Demonstrates His Contempt For The Prophet...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.— 1. Chronology of the Chapter. —“ Fourth of Jehoiakim. ” See Note on chap. 25. 2. National Affairs .—Jehoiakim was at that time vassal of Pharoah-Necho; but Nebuchadn...
Jeremiah 36:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 36:1 . The fourth year of Jehoiakim. Though this chapter seems out of its place, yet it may not be so, but may be a reference to past events. Jeremiah 36:2 . Take thee a roll of a book...
Jeremiah 36:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

CHAPTERS 36-38. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS PRECEDING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM . Jeremiah 36:1-24 . THE ROLL OF PROPHECY DESTROYED BY JEHOIAKIM . EXPOSITION In the fourt...
Jeremiah 36:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

The Prophecies Recorded and Read
Jeremiah 36:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary

The Word of the Lord Jeremiah 36:1-32 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want to show you how it was that Jeremiah spoke not his own words, but the words of the Lord. In order to do this, we want to place...

Jeremiah 36:17 - Albert Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Arthur Peake's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Calvin's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Clarke's commentary and critical notes on the Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Coke's Commentary on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Ellicott's Commentary On The Whole Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Expositor's Bible Commentary (Nicoll)

Jeremiah 36:17 - Frederick Brotherton Meyer's Commentary

Jeremiah 36:17 - G. Campbell Morgan's Exposition on the Whole Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Hawker's Poor Man's Commentary

Jeremiah 36:17 - John Gill's Exposition of the Entire Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - John Trapp Complete Commentary

Jeremiah 36:17 - Joseph Benson’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 36:17 - Matthew Henry's Whole Bible Commentary

Jeremiah 36:17 - Matthew Poole's English Annotations on the Holy Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Peter Pett's Commentary on the Bible

Jeremiah 36:17 - Preacher's Complete Homiletical Commentary

Jeremiah 36:17 - Sutcliffe's Commentary on the Old and New Testaments

Jeremiah 36:17 - The Complete Pulpit Commentary

Jeremiah 36:17 - The Popular Commentary by Paul E. Kretzmann

Jeremiah 36:17 - Wells of Living Water Commentary