Jeremiah 36:29

And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

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Word by word — the Hebrew

Word	Hebrew	Strong’s	Meaning
say	תֹּאמַ֔ר to.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal imperfect, 2nd person masculine singular
Jehoiakim	יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים ye.ho.ya.Kim	H3079	Jehojakim · proper noun, a man's name
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Judah	יְהוּדָה֙ ye.hu.Dah	H3063	Jehudah (or Judah) · proper noun, a place name
saith	אָמַ֣ר 'a.Mar	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · verb, qal perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
LORD	יְהוָ֑ה Yah.weh	H3068	Jehovah · proper noun, a title
burned	שָׂרַ֜פְתָּ sa.Raf.ta	H8313	to be (causatively · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
roll	הַמְּגִלָּ֤ה ha.me.gi.Lah	H4039	a roll · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
saying	לֵאמֹ֔ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
written	כָּתַ֨בְתָּ ka.Tav.ta	H3789	to grave · verb, qal perfect, 2nd person masculine singular
saying	לֵאמֹ֗ר le.Mor	H559	to say (used with great latitude) · preposition + verb, qal infinitive construct
king	מֶֽלֶךְ Me.lekh-	H4428	a king · noun, common masculine singular construct
Babylon	בָּבֶל֙ ba.Vel	H894	Babel (i.e. Babylon) · proper noun, a place name
certainly	בֹּֽא bo'-	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal infinitive construct
come	יָב֤וֹא ya.Vo'	H935	to go or come (in a wide variety of applications) · verb, qal imperfect, 3rd person masculine singular
destroy	וְהִשְׁחִית֙ ve.hish.Chit	H7843	to decay · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
land	הָאָ֣רֶץ ha.'A.retz	H776	the earth (at large · definite article + noun, common feminine singular absolute
cease	וְהִשְׁבִּ֥ית ve.hish.Bit	H7673	to repose · conjunction + verb, hiphil sequential perfect, 3rd person masculine singular
man	אָדָ֥ם 'a.Dam	H120	ruddy i.e. a human being (an individual or the species · noun, common masculine singular absolute
beast	וּבְהֵמָֽה u.ve.he.Mah	H929	properly · conjunction + noun, common feminine singular absolute

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Cross-references

Isaiah 30:10 Which say to the seers, See not; and to the prophets, Prophesy not unto us right things, speak unto us smooth things, prophesy deceits:
Jeremiah 26:9 Why hast thou prophesied in the name of the LORD, saying, This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate without an inhabi…
Deuteronomy 29:19 And it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk…
Job 15:24 Trouble and anguish shall make him afraid; they shall prevail against him, as a king ready to the battle.
Isaiah 29:21 That make a man an offender for a word, and lay a snare for him that reproveth in the gate, and turn aside the just for a thing of nought.
Isaiah 45:9 Woe unto him that striveth with his Maker! Let the potsherd strive with the potsherds of the earth. Shall the clay say to him that fashionet…
Jeremiah 32:3 For Zedekiah king of Judah had shut him up, saying, Wherefore dost thou prophesy, and say, Thus saith the LORD, Behold, I will give this cit…
Job 40:8 Wilt thou also disannul my judgment? wilt thou condemn me, that thou mayest be righteous?

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Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:20–end

We have traced the roll to the people, and to the princes, and here we are to follow it to the king; and we find, I. That, upon notice given him concerning it, he sent for it, and ordered it to be read to him, Jer 36:20, Jer 36:21. He did not desire that Baruch would come and read it himself, who could read it more intelligently and with more authority and affection than any one else; nor did he order one of his princes to do it (though it would have been no disparagement to the greatest of them), much less would he vouchsafe to read it himself; but Jehudi, one of his pages now in waiting, who was sent to fetch it, is bidden to read it, who perhaps scarcely knew how to make sense of it. But…

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Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 36:29

say to Jehoiakim--not in person, as Jeremiah was "hidden" (Jer 36:26), but by the written word of prophecy. saying, Why--This is what the king had desired to be said to Jeremiah if he should be found; kings often dislike the truth to be told them.

John Gill on Jeremiah 36:29

And thou shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah,.... Or, "concerning" (w) him; since the prophet was hid, and he was in quest of him; nor was it safe for him to appear in person before him; though this may be understood as what should be put into the second roll, and in that he addressed to him: thus saith the Lord, thou hast burnt this roll; or "that roll"; or had suffered or ordered it to be burnt, giving this as a reason for it: saying, why hast thou therein written; what the king would have to be a great falsehood, and which he thought never came from the Lord; but was a device of Jeremiah, to whom he ascribed the writing of them, though it was Baruch's, because dictated by him: saying,…

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John Calvin on Jeremiah 36:29-30

Jeremiah 36:29-30 29. And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 29. Et ad Joiakim regem Jehudah dices, Sic dicit Jehova, Tu combussisti librum hunc, dicendo, Quare scripsisti in ipso, dicendo, Veniendo veniet rex Babel (Babylonis) et perdet ex ea hominem et animal (vel, bestiam?) 30. Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah, He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the f…

Dictionary and topics

Baruch — Blessed. (1.) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the…
Elijah — Whose God is Jehovah. (1.) “The Tishbite,” the “Elias” of the New Testament, is suddenly introduced to our notice in 1 Kings 17:1 as delivering a message from the Lord to Ahab. There is mention made…
Roll — The common form of ancient books. The Hebrew word rendered “roll” or “volume” is meghillah, found in Ezra 6:2; Ps. 40:7; Jer. 36:2, 6, 23, 28, 29; Ezek. 2:9; 3:1-3; Zech. 5:1, 2. “Rolls” (Chald. pl.…
Baruch · 1. An ama — 1. An ama
Scriptures, The · Destruction of, punished — Destruction of, punished

Dictionary: Easton's (1897) and Smith's (1863), public domain. Topics: Nave's Topical Bible (1896) and Torrey's Topical Textbook (1897), public domain. Both as parsed by NEUU (CC BY 4.0).

Jeremiah 36:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 36:29

John Gill on Jeremiah 36:29

John Calvin on Jeremiah 36:29-30

Dictionary and topics

Jeremiah 36:29

Word by word — the Hebrew

Cross-references

Commentary

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:20–end

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown on Jeremiah 36:29

John Gill on Jeremiah 36:29

John Calvin on Jeremiah 36:29-30

Dictionary and topics

Keil & Delitzsch on Jeremiah 36:22–end

Tyndale Open Study Notes on Jeremiah 36:29-31

Rashi on Jeremiah 36:25