Jeremiah 36:21 - Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible

Bible Comments

So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

The king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll. Note how unbelievers flee from God, and yet seek Him through some kind of involuntary impulse (Calvin). Jehudi seems to have been the king's ready tool for evil.

Jeremiah 36:21

21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.