not afraid. The courtiers were less open to holy fear than the People were. See note on Jeremiah 36:9. Contrast Jehoiakim's father, king Josiah (2 Kings 22:11). Contrast also the sentence pronounced on them (2 Kings 22:18-20 with Jeremiah 36:30, below on "him").
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Jeremiah 36:24
24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.