Jeremiah 36:5

Translations

Modern

Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

Traditional

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord:

Literal

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: “I am restrained; I am not able to enter the house of YHWH.

Latin

…et præcepit Jeremias Baruch, dicens: Ego clausus sum, nec valeo ingredi domum Domini.

Original

Hebrew

English

Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

Notes

Jeremiah 36:5

Jeremiah was either a prisoner under house arrest or banished from the Temple grounds.

Jeremiah 36:1–32

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.

Jeremiah 35:1–36:32

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

Theme notes and profiles

Baruch Jeremiah The Choice of Life or Death The Written Word

Events

Prophecies of Jeremiahc. 628 BC

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Jeremiah 33:1
While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
Jeremiah 32:2
At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of Judah.
2 Corinthians 11:23
Are they servants of Christ? (I am speaking as if I were out of my mind.) I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of death.
Jeremiah 38:28
And Jeremiah remained in the courtyard of the guard until the day Jerusalem was captured.
2 Timothy 2:9
…for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Hebrews 11:36
Still others endured mocking and flogging, and even chains and imprisonment.
Ephesians 6:20
…for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
Jeremiah 40:4
But now, behold, I am freeing you today from the chains that were on your wrists. If it pleases you to come with me to Babylon, then come, and I will take care of you. But if it seems wrong to you to come with me to Babylon, go no farther. Look, the whole land is before you. Wherever it seems good and right to you, go there.”
Jeremiah 37:15
The officials were angry with Jeremiah, and they beat him and placed him in jail in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for it had been made into a prison.
Jeremiah 38:6
So they took Jeremiah and dropped him into the cistern of Malchiah, the king’s son, which was in the courtyard of the guard. They lowered Jeremiah with ropes into the cistern, which had no water but only mud, and Jeremiah sank down into the mud.
Ephesians 3:1
For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
Jeremiah 20:2
…he had Jeremiah the prophet beaten and put in the stocks at the Upper Gate of Benjamin, which was by the house of the LORD.

People

Baruch: Jeremiah's scribe who recorded and delivered his prophecies Jeremiah: Son of Hilkiah, the prophet during Judah's final days

Glossary

Apocalypse of Baruch Book of Jeremiah Jehoiakim Leather Megilloth Neriah Prophet, Prophetess

Topics

Baruch: An Amanuensis (Copyist) of Jeremiah Church: House of the Lord Jeremiah: The Prophet: Prophecies of, Written by Baruch Scribes: Acted as Secretaries to Prophets

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