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This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

KJV

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

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This verse in Jeremiah 45

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

The word that Jeremiah - spake unto Baruch - This is another instance of shameless transposition. This discourse was delivered in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, several years before Jerusalem was taken by the Chaldeans. It is a simple appendage to chap. 36, and there it should have been inserted.

This site's exposition

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim

on Jeremiah 45:1-3

The chapter closes the Baruch narrative with a flashback to the very scroll-dictation of chapter 36, placed here at the book's end as a kind of epilogue to the scribe's long service. Baruch's own complaint is recorded without softening, the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow, I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest, exhaustion given its own verse the way the prophet's own confessions were given theirs across chapters 11 through 20. The bench reads the dating itself as deliberate, the book's final personal word reaching back to its darkest writing scene rather than following strict chronology.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening1 voice

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,....

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

These words - i. e., the words of Jehoiakim’s scroll.

The words behind it

25 Hebrew words

Every 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.

  • הַדָּבָ֗רthe word

    hadavarH1697 →1440 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֤רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • דִּבֶּר֙he spoke

    diberH1696 →1141 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֣הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • הַנָּבִ֔יאthe prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • אֶל־to

    ʾel-H413 →5510 times

  • בָּר֖וּךְBaruch

    barukhH1263 →26 times

  • בֶּֽן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נֵֽרִיָּ֑הNeriah

    neriyahH5374 →10 times

  • בְּכָתְבוֹ֩when wrote he

    bekhatevoH3789 →224 times

  • אֶת־<obj.>

    ʾet-H853 →10935 times

  • הַדְּבָרִ֨יםthe words

    hadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • הָאֵ֤לֶּה<the> these

    haelehH428 →746 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • סֵ֙פֶר֙a scroll

    seferH5612 →186 times

  • מִפִּ֣יfrom [the] mouth of

    mipiH6310 →498 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֔הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • בַּשָּׁנָה֙in the year

    bashanahH8141 →877 times

  • הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית<the> fourth

    hareviitH7243 →56 times

  • לִיהוֹיָקִ֧יםof Jehoiakim

    lihoyakimH3079 →37 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּJosiah

    yoshiyahuH2977 →53 times

  • מֶ֥לֶךְ[the] king of

    melekhH4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָ֖הJudah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

  • לֵאמֹֽר׃ ס<to> saying

    lemorH559 →5305 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

15 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Jeremiah 36:1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:6 worksJeremiah 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.4 worksJeremiah 32:12and 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 sitting in the courtyard of the guard.4 worksJeremiah 46:2concerning Egypt and the army of Pharaoh Neco king of Egypt, which was defeated at Carchemish on the Euphrates River by Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah:4 worksJeremiah 36:32Then 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.3 worksJeremiah 51:59This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year of Zedekiah’s reign.3 works
The other 9 cross-references, with their words ▾
2 Chronicles 36:5Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.2 worksJeremiah 36:8–9So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.2 worksJeremiah 25:1This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon.2 worksJeremiah 32:16After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:2 worksJeremiah 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 had hidden them.2 worksJeremiah 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 Josiah until today.2 worksJeremiah 36:14–18Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.1 worksJeremiah 43:3–6Rather, 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!”1 worksJeremiah 26:1At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:1 works

The walk

8 stops

Each 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 36:32

    Then 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…

    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 36:18

      “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

  • Through

    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.

    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 36:32

      Then 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…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 36:1

    In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 25:1

      This is the word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king…

  • Through

    2 Chronicles 36:5

    Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. And he did evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

    it leads to

    • 2 Kings 23:36–37

      Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned in Jerusalem eleven years. His mother’s name was Zebidah daughter of Pedaiah; she was from Rumah.

  • Through

    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…

    it leads to

    • Jeremiah 51:59

      This is the message that Jeremiah the prophet gave to the quartermaster Seraiah son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, when he went to Babylon with King Zedekiah of Judah in the fourth year…

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
The Prophet Jeremiah, Gustave Doré, 1866. Public domain.
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 45 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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