Jeremiah 36:32
in Jeremiah 36Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.
KJV
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
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This verse in Jeremiah 36
Commentary
7 notes on this verseThere were added - many like words - All the first roll, with many other threatening and perhaps more minute declarations which were merely of a temporary importance and local application; and the Holy Spirit did not think proper to record them here.
This site's exposition
and there were added besides unto them many like words
Jeremiah takes another roll and gives it to Baruch, and the whole book is written again, all the former words the king had burned now restored word for word. The chapter adds one detail beyond simple replacement, there were added besides unto them many like words, the book coming back not merely intact but larger than the fire left it. Henry and Gill both read this last line as Scripture's own comment on itself, a king with a penknife and a hearth proving unable to reduce a single word of what God had spoken, and the record growing instead of shrinking under his hand.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening3 voices
8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the L ORD in the L ORD 's house. In the beginning of Ezekiel's prophecy we meet with a roll written in vision, for discovery of the things therein contained to the prophet himself, who was to receive and digest them, Ezek. ii.
), many more threatenings of wrath and vengeance; for, since they will yet walk contrary to God, he will heat the furnace seven times hotter. Note, As God is in one mind, and none can turn him, so he has still more arrows in his quiver; and those who contend with God's woes do but prepare for themselves heavier of the same kind.
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Then took Jeremiah another roll,....
The Nineteenth Century2 voices
A commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
proposed
added besides . . . many like words--Sinners gain nothing but additional punishment by setting aside the word of Jehovah. The law was similarly rewritten after the first tables had been broken owing to Israel's idolatry (Ex 32:19, 34:1).
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A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Many like words - The second scroll was thus a more complete record of the main lessons taught by Jeremiah during the long course of his inspired ministry.
The words behind it
30 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וְיִרְמְיָ֜הוּ | veyirmeyahu | and Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| לָקַ֣ח׀ | lakach | he took | H3947 → | 966 times |
| מְגִלָּ֣ה | megilah | a scroll | H4039 → | 21 times |
| אַחֶ֗רֶת | ʾacheret | another | H312 → | 166 times |
| וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮ | vaiyitenah | and he gave it | H5414 → | 2011 times |
| אֶל־ | ʾel- | to | H413 → | 5510 times |
| בָּר֣וּךְ | barukh | Baruch | H1263 → | 26 times |
| בֶּן־ | ben- | [the] son of | H1121 → | 4930 times |
| נֵרִיָּהוּ֮ | neriyahu | Neriah | H5374 → | 10 times |
| הַסֹּפֵר֒ | hasofer | the scribe | H5608 → | 159 times |
| וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב | vaiyikhto | and he wrote | H3789 → | 224 times |
| עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ | ʾaleiha | on it | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מִפִּ֣י | mipi | from [the] mouth of | H6310 → | 498 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| אֵ֚ת | ʾet | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| כָּל־ | kol- | all | H3605 → | 5413 times |
| דִּבְרֵ֣י | divrei | [the] words of | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| הַסֵּ֔פֶר | hasefer | the scroll | H5612 → | 186 times |
| אֲשֶׁ֥ר | ʾasher | which | H834 → | 5497 times |
| שָׂרַ֛ף | saraf | he had burned | H8313 → | 117 times |
| יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים | yehoyakim | Jehoiakim | H3079 → | 37 times |
| מֶֽלֶךְ־ | melekh- | [the] king of | H4428 → | 2525 times |
| יְהוּדָ֖ה | yehudah | Judah | H3063 → | 819 times |
| בָּאֵ֑שׁ | baesh | in the fire | H784 → | 378 times |
| וְע֨וֹד | veod | and again | H5750 → | 490 times |
| נוֹסַ֧ף | nosaf | it was added | H3254 → | 212 times |
| עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם | ʾaleihem | to them | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| דְּבָרִ֥ים | devarim | words | H1697 → | 1440 times |
| רַבִּ֖ים | rabim | many | H7227 → | 454 times |
| כָּהֵֽמָּה׃ ס | kahemah | like them |
וְיִרְמְיָ֜הוּand Jeremiah
veyirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
לָקַ֣ח׀he took
lakachH3947 →966 times
מְגִלָּ֣הa scroll
megilahH4039 →21 times
אַחֶ֗רֶתanother
ʾacheretH312 →166 times
וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮and he gave it
vaiyitenahH5414 →2011 times
אֶל־to
ʾel-H413 →5510 times
בָּר֣וּךְBaruch
barukhH1263 →26 times
בֶּן־[the] son of
ben-H1121 →4930 times
נֵרִיָּהוּ֮Neriah
neriyahuH5374 →10 times
הַסֹּפֵר֒the scribe
hasoferH5608 →159 times
וַיִּכְתֹּ֤בand he wrote
vaiyikhtoH3789 →224 times
עָלֶ֙יהָ֙on it
ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times
מִפִּ֣יfrom [the] mouth of
mipiH6310 →498 times
יִרְמְיָ֔הוּJeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
אֵ֚ת<obj.>
ʾetH853 →10935 times
כָּל־all
kol-H3605 →5413 times
דִּבְרֵ֣י[the] words of
divreiH1697 →1440 times
הַסֵּ֔פֶרthe scroll
haseferH5612 →186 times
אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich
ʾasherH834 →5497 times
שָׂרַ֛ףhe had burned
sarafH8313 →117 times
יְהוֹיָקִ֥יםJehoiakim
yehoyakimH3079 →37 times
מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of
melekh-H4428 →2525 times
יְהוּדָ֖הJudah
yehudahH3063 →819 times
בָּאֵ֑שׁin the fire
baeshH784 →378 times
וְע֨וֹדand again
veodH5750 →490 times
נוֹסַ֧ףit was added
nosafH3254 →212 times
עֲלֵיהֶ֛םto them
ʾaleihemH5921 →5755 times
דְּבָרִ֥יםwords
devarimH1697 →1440 times
רַבִּ֖יםmany
rabimH7227 →454 times
כָּהֵֽמָּה׃ סlike them
kahemah
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
Jeremiah 36:18“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
it leads to
- Jeremiah 36:4
So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
- Jeremiah 36:2
“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of…
- Jeremiah 36:4
Through
Leviticus 26:21If you walk in hostility toward Me and refuse to obey Me, I will multiply your plagues seven times, according to your sins.
it leads to
- Leviticus 26:18
And if after all this you will not obey Me, I will proceed to punish you sevenfold for your sins.
- Leviticus 26:27
But if in spite of all this you do not obey Me, but continue to walk in hostility toward Me,
- Leviticus 26:18
Through
Jeremiah 36:4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:12
and I gave this deed to Baruch son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of my cousin Hanamel and the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement and all the Jews…
- Ezekiel 2:9
Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
- Jeremiah 43:3
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
- Jeremiah 32:12
Through
Romans 16:22I, Tertius, who wrote down this letter, greet you in the Lord.
it leads to
- Galatians 6:11
See what large letters I am using to write to you with my own hand!
- Galatians 6:11
Where this verse is studied
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Who and where
2 names in this verse with a page on the site.
- PersonPatriarchsJudahJacob's fourth son who pledges himself for Benjamin; the tribe that carries the scepter to Shiloh (49:10) and the line to Christ (…
- PersonLate monarchy / ExileJeremiahPriest of Anathoth called before birth to uproot and to plant; the weeping prophet of Jerusalem's fall who bought a field in the s…
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Jamieson, Fausset & Brown, Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.
