Jeremiah 36:4 BSB — MannaFest

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.

BSB

Parallel translations (2) ▾

ASV

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

KJV

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

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Commentary

1 voice

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible (1832)

Then Jeremiah called Baruch - This man, so useful to the prophet, and so faithfully attached to him, was by office a scribe; which signifies, not only a writer, but also a man in office; a chancellor, secretary, etc., a learned man; one acquainted with laws and customs.

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Original language & word study

20 tagged words

Original	Transliteration	Meaning	Word study
וַיִּקְרָ֣א	vai.yik.Ra'	and he called	H7121 →
יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ	yir.me.Ya.hu	Jeremiah	H3414 →
אֶת־	'et-	<obj.>	H853 →
בָּר֖וּךְ	ba.Rukh	Baruch	H1263 →
בֶּן־	ben-	[the] son of	H1121 →
נֵֽרִיָּ֑ה	ne.ri.Yah	Neriah	H5374 →
וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב	vai.yikh.To	and he wrote	H3789 →
בָּר֜וּךְ	ba.Rukh	Baruch	H1263 →
מִפִּ֣י	mi.Pi	from [the] mouth of	H6310 →
יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ	yir.me.Ya.hu	Jeremiah	H3414 →
אֵ֣ת	'et	<obj.>	H853 →
כָּל־	kol-	all	H3605 →
דִּבְרֵ֧י	div.Rei	[the] words of	H1697 →
יְהוָ֛ה	Yah.weh	Yahweh	H3068 →
אֲשֶׁר־	'a.Sher-	which	H834 →
דִּבֶּ֥ר	di.Ber	he had spoken	H1696 →
אֵלָ֖יו	'e.Lav	to him	H413 →
עַל־	'al-	on	H5921 →
מְגִלַּת־	me.gi.lat-	a scroll of	H4039 →
סֵֽפֶר׃	Se.fer	a document	H5612 →

Rare words are the text's own signal of a deliberate thread: the fewer the occurrences, the more the places it appears belong together.

The walk

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Where the connections lead

Follow this verse’s cross-references two steps out. Each card is a verse this one points to, and beneath it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several different paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it. Every stop shows its own words, and every stop is a page.

Through
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!”
leads to
- Jeremiah 36:26
  Instead, 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…
  Reached by 2 independent paths from here.
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…
leads to
- 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.”
- Exodus 4:15–16
  You are to speak to him and put the words in his mouth. I will help both of you to speak, and I will teach you what to do.
Through
Jeremiah 36:21
Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials…
leads to
- 2 Kings 22:10
  Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
- 2 Chronicles 34:18
  Moreover, Shaphan the scribe told the king, “Hilkiah the priest has given me a book.” And Shaphan read it in the presence of the king.
Through
Ezekiel 2:9
Then I looked and saw a hand reaching out to me, and in it was a scroll,
leads to
- Ezekiel 8:3
  He stretched out what looked like a hand and took me by the hair of my head. Then the Spirit lifted me up between earth and heaven and carried me in visions of God…
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…
leads to
- Jeremiah 32:16
  After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD:
- 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…