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Jeremiah 36

Jeremiah 36:6

Jeremiah’s Scroll Read in the Temple · Jeremiah 36:1–10
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Translations

Modern
…so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.
Traditional
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord’s house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
Literal
And you are to go and call out from the scroll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of YHWH into the ears of the people in the house of YHWH, on the day of fasting. And also you shall read them into the ears of all Judah who are coming from their cities.
Latin
Ingredere ergo tu, et lege de volumine in quo scripsisti ex ore meo verba Domini, audiente populo in domo Domini, in die jejunii: insuper et audiente universo Juda qui veniunt de civitatibus suis, leges eis,

Original

Hebrew
English
…so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

Notes

Jeremiah 36:6

The next day of fasting was a national festival, but it is unclear which one (none of the annual festivals happened in the ninth month; see study note on Jeremiah 36:8–9). Reading the scroll to the crowd in the Temple put Baruch at risk of arrest or attack.

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.

Events

People

Judah: Israelite tribe, kingdom, and province

Glossary

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

Topics

Baruch: An Amanuensis (Copyist) of Jeremiah Church: House of the Lord God: Mercy of Jeremiah: The Prophet: Prophecies of, Written by Baruch The Scriptures: should be Read Publicly to All Word of God: To be Read Publicly