And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
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4 additional translations▾
Parallel translations
4 additional translationsAnd they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
“Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. And Baruch read [it] in their ears.
About this book
Old Testament▾
About this book
Old TestamentJeremiah — The weeping prophet of Judah's final generation — 627 BC call under Josiah to the 586 BC fall of Jerusalem and into Egyptian exile. Fifty-two chapters of lament, confrontation, and covenant promise, with the New Covenant glimpsed at the book's theological apex.
- Author
- Jeremiah, son of Hilkiah, of the priestly family of Anathoth (1:1); Baruch the scribe assisted with dictation (36:4, 45:1)
- Date
- Ministry c. 627–580 BC; book compiled during and after the 586 BC exile