And I charged Baruch before them, saying,
And I charged Baruch in their presence, saying,
In their sight I instructed Baruch,
And I charge Baruch before their eyes, saying,
Jeremiah — 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.
Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread — the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.
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(Verse 13 and following) And I commanded Baruch before them, saying: Thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Take these books, this sealed book, and this open book, and put them in an earthen vessel, that they may last for many days. For thus says the Lord of hosts, the God of Israel: Houses and fields and vineyards shall still be possessed in this land.
Jerome· Commentary on Jeremiah, 420patristic
And I charged Baruch before them,.... Before his kinsman, the witnesses of the deed, and the Jews that were in the court: saying, as follows:
John Gill· Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763)reformed
