Jeremiah 36:19
in Jeremiah 36Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
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ASV
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are.
KJV
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
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This verse in Jeremiah 36
Commentary
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how did you write all these words?
on Jeremiah 36:17-19
The officials ask how the scroll was written. Baruch answers, “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.” Before they go to the king, the officials warn them, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”
This site's exposition
You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves
The officials expected the king's anger and moved first to protect the prophet and his scribe. Adam Clarke reads the warning as a sign that they believed the prophecy came from God. Matthew Henry credits their escape to God alone.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
) and to shift as they could for their own safety, expecting no other than that the king, instead of being convinced, would be exasperated. Note, It is common for sinners, under convictions, to endeavour to shake them off, by shifting off the prosecution of them to other persons, as these princes here, or to another more convenient season, as Felix.
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), but it was neither the princes' care for them nor theirs for themselves that secured them; it was under the divine protection that they were safe. Note, God will find out a shelter for his people, though their persecutors be ever so industrious to get them into their power, till their hour be come; nay, and then he will himself be their hiding place.
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Then said the princes unto Baruch,.... Being satisfied with his answer: go hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where ye be.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah - They saw that the king would be displeased, and most probably seek their lives; and as they believed the prophecy was from God, they wished to save both the prophet and his scribe; but they were obliged to inform the king of what they had heard.
The words behind it
13 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ | vaiyomeru | and they said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| הַשָּׂרִים֙ | hasarim | the officials | H8269 → | 421 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּר֔וּךְ | barukh | Baruch | H1263 → | 26 times |
| לֵ֥ךְ | lekh | go | H1980 → | 1546 times |
| הִסָּתֵ֖ר | hisater | hide yourself | H5641 → | 80 times |
| אַתָּ֣ה | ʾatah | you | H859 → | 1094 times |
| וְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּ | veyirmeyahu | and Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| וְאִ֥ישׁ | veish | and anyone | H376 → | 1663 times |
| אַל־ | ʾal- | may not | H408 → | 724 times |
| יֵדַ֖ע | yeda' | he know | H3045 → | 945 times |
| אֵיפֹ֥ה | ʾeifoh | where? | H375 → | |
| אַתֶּֽם׃ | ʾatem | [are] you | H859 → | 1094 times |
וַיֹּאמְר֤וּand they said
vaiyomeruH559 →5305 times
הַשָּׂרִים֙the officials
hasarimH8269 →421 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בָּר֔וּךְBaruch
barukhH1263 →26 times
לֵ֥ךְgo
lekhH1980 →1546 times
הִסָּתֵ֖רhide yourself
hisaterH5641 →80 times
אַתָּ֣הyou
ʾatahH859 →1094 times
וְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּand Jeremiah
veyirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
וְאִ֥ישׁand anyone
veishH376 →1663 times
אַל־may not
ʾal-H408 →724 times
יֵדַ֖עhe know
yeda'H3045 →945 times
אֵיפֹ֥הwhere?
ʾeifohH375 →
אַתֶּֽם׃[are] you
ʾatemH859 →1094 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
1 Kings 17:3“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
it leads to
- Psalms 31:20
You hide them in the secret place of Your presence from the schemes of men. You conceal them in Your shelter from accusing tongues.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Psalms 31:20
Through
Jeremiah 36:26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 19:14
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am…
- 1 Kings 19:1–3
Now Ahab told Jezebel everything that Elijah had done and how he had killed all the prophets with the sword.
- 1 Kings 19:10
“I have been very zealous for the LORD, the God of Hosts,” he replied, “but the Israelites have forsaken Your covenant, torn down Your altars, and killed Your prophets with the sword. I am…
- Psalms 91:1
He who dwells in the shelter of the Most High will abide in the shadow of the Almighty.
- 1 Kings 17:3
“Leave here, turn eastward, and hide yourself by the Brook of Cherith, east of the Jordan.
- 1 Kings 19:14
Through
1 Kings 18:10As surely as the LORD your God lives, there is no nation or kingdom where my lord has not sent someone to search for you. When they said, ‘He is not here,’ he made…
it leads to
- 1 Kings 17:1
Now Elijah the Tishbite, who was among the settlers of Gilead, said to Ahab, “As surely as the LORD lives—the God of Israel before whom I stand—there will be neither dew nor rain in…
- 1 Kings 17:1
Through
1 Kings 18:4for when Jezebel had slaughtered the prophets of the LORD, Obadiah had taken a hundred prophets and hidden them, fifty men per cave, providing them with food and water.)
it leads to
- 1 Kings 18:13
Was it not reported to my lord what I did when Jezebel slaughtered the prophets of the LORD? I hid a hundred prophets of the LORD, fifty men per cave, and I provided them…
- 1 Kings 18:13
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This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.