Jeremiah 36:13

Modern

And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

Traditional

Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

Literal

And Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book into the ears of the people.

Latin

…et nuntiavit eis Michæas omnia verba quæ audivit, legente Baruch ex volumine in auribus populi.

Hebrew

English

And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

Micaiah understood the importance of the Lord's messages that Baruch read. He ensured the palace officials knew what was said.

This description of Jehoiakim’s cynical response to God's call for repentance and obedience (Jeremiah 36:3, 7) highlights the hopelessness of the situation.
Nowhere else does the Old Testament offer such detailed information about preserving spoken messages in written form.

These two chapters reflect on events from twenty years ago when Jehoiakim was king.

Theme notes and profiles

2 Kings 22:10
Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
2 Chronicles 34:16–18
Then Shaphan brought the book to the king and reported, “Your servants are doing all that has been placed in their hands.
2 Chronicles 34:24
…that this is what the LORD says: I am about to bring calamity on this place and on its people, according to all the curses written in the book that has been read in the presence of the king of Judah,
Jonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
2 Kings 22:19
…because your heart was tender and you humbled yourself before the LORD when you heard what I spoke against this place and against its people, that they would become a desolation and a curse, and because you have torn your clothes and wept before Me, I have heard you,’ declares the LORD.

Baruch: Jeremiah's scribe who recorded and delivered his prophecies Micaiah: Son of Gemariah, reported Baruch's reading of Jeremiah's scroll