Jeremiah 36:18 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth. Baruch replies, it was by the oral dictation of the prophet: Jeremiah 36:2 accords with this view, rather than with the notion that Jeremiah repeated his prophecies from MSS.

I wrote them with ink - his specification of the "ink" implies, I added nothing except the hand, pen, and ink.

Jeremiah 36:18

18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.