Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
Ver. 19. Go hide thee, thou and Jeremiah.] This was well, but not all. They draw not Baruch before the king to answer what he had done; but why do they not take him to the king with his roll, and plead both for it and him too? Had they been true patriots and hearty friends to the truth, they would have done so; but they knew that this wicked king could not endure the prophets, Jeremiah 26:21 ; Jer 36:26 and one of their company had been the king's agent in bringing Uriah the prophet out of Egypt to be butchered by him. Jer 26:22