Jeremiah 36:5
in Jeremiah 36Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾
ASV
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:
KJV
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord:
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This verse in Jeremiah 36
Commentary
4 notes on this verseA commentator
Jamieson, Fausset & Brown1802–1910
Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible (1871)
I am shut up--not in prison, for there is no account of his imprisonment under Jehoiakim, and Jer 36:19, 26 are inconsistent with it: but, "I am prevented," namely, by some hindrance; or, through fear of the king, to whose anger Baruch was less exposed, as not being the author of the prophecy.
This site's exposition
I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord
on Jeremiah 36:5-8
Jeremiah cannot go himself, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord, most commentators reading this as the lingering effect of the ban that followed his trial for his life in chapter 26, and so the reading falls to Baruch. The instruction repeats the hope already voiced, it may be they will present their supplication before the Lord, and Baruch is told to read on the fasting day when the crowd from every town would be gathered to hear it at once. Verse 8 closes the unit with plain obedience, Baruch did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, the servant's fidelity that will hold through everything the rest of the chapter throws at him.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up,.... In prison, according to Jarchi; but this is not likely, for then there would have been no occasion for an order to take him, Jer 36:26. Grotius thinks he was obliged by the king's order to stay at home; possibly he might be restrained by the Spirit of God, or had not freedom in his own mind to go abroad; there might be a restraint, an impulse upon his spirit, by the Spirit of God.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
A commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
proposed
Shut up - Hindered from going; perhaps through fear of Jehoiakim.
The words behind it
12 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה | vaytzaveh | and he commanded | H6680 → | 494 times |
| יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ | yirmeyahu | Jeremiah | H3414 → | 147 times |
| אֶת־ | ʾet- | <obj.> | H853 → | 10935 times |
| בָּר֖וּךְ | barukh | Baruch | H1263 → | 26 times |
| לֵאמֹ֑ר | lemor | <to> saying | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֲנִ֣י | ʾani | I | H589 → | 874 times |
| עָצ֔וּר | ʾatzur | [am] shut up | H6113 → | 47 times |
| לֹ֣א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| אוּכַ֔ל | ʾukhal | I am able | H3201 → | 194 times |
| לָב֖וֹא | lavo' | to go | H935 → | 2568 times |
| בֵּ֥ית | beit | [the] house of | H1004 → | 2046 times |
| יְהוָֽה׃ | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
וַיְצַוֶּ֣הand he commanded
vaytzavehH6680 →494 times
יִרְמְיָ֔הוּJeremiah
yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times
אֶת־<obj.>
ʾet-H853 →10935 times
בָּר֖וּךְBaruch
barukhH1263 →26 times
לֵאמֹ֑ר<to> saying
lemorH559 →5305 times
אֲנִ֣יI
ʾaniH589 →874 times
עָצ֔וּר[am] shut up
ʾatzurH6113 →47 times
לֹ֣אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
אוּכַ֔לI am able
ʾukhalH3201 →194 times
לָב֖וֹאto go
lavo'H935 →2568 times
בֵּ֥ית[the] house of
beitH1004 →2046 times
יְהוָֽה׃Yahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 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
Ephesians 3:1For this reason I, Paul, the prisoner of Christ Jesus for the sake of you Gentiles...
it leads to
- Colossians 1:24
Now I rejoice in my sufferings for you, and I fill up in my flesh what is lacking in regard to Christ’s afflictions for the sake of His body, which is the church.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Timothy 1:8
So do not be ashamed of the testimony of our Lord, or of me, His prisoner. Instead, join me in suffering for the gospel by the power of God.
- Colossians 1:24
Through
Ephesians 6:20for which I am an ambassador in chains. Pray that I may proclaim it fearlessly, as I should.
it leads to
- 2 Timothy 2:9
for which I suffer to the extent of being chained like a criminal. But the word of God cannot be chained!
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 2 Corinthians 5:20
Therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, as though God were making His appeal through us. We implore you on behalf of Christ: Be reconciled to God.
- Colossians 4:4
Pray that I may declare it clearly, as I should.
- 2 Timothy 2:9
Through
Jeremiah 32:2At that time the army of the king of Babylon was besieging Jerusalem, and Jeremiah the prophet was imprisoned in the courtyard of the guard, which was in the palace of the king of…
it leads to
- Jeremiah 37:21
So King Zedekiah gave orders for Jeremiah to be placed in the courtyard of the guard and given a loaf of bread daily from the street of the bakers, until all the bread in…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 37:21
Through
2 Corinthians 11:23Are they servants of Christ? I am speaking like I am out of my mind, but I am so much more: in harder labor, in more imprisonments, in worse beatings, in frequent danger of…
it leads to
- 2 Corinthians 6:4–5
Rather, as servants of God we commend ourselves in every way: in great endurance; in troubles, hardships, and calamities;
- 2 Corinthians 6:4–5
Through
Jeremiah 33:1While Jeremiah was still confined in the courtyard of the guard, the word of the LORD came to him a second time:
it leads to
- Jeremiah 32:8
Then, as the LORD had said, my cousin Hanamel came to me in the courtyard of the guard and urged me, ‘Please buy my field in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin, for you…
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- Jeremiah 32:8
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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 and John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763).