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Jeremiah 36:5

in Jeremiah 36

Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

BSB

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:

This verse in Jeremiah 36

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

A commentator

Jamieson, Fausset & Brown

1802–1910

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 restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD

on Jeremiah 36:5-8

Jeremiah says, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD,” so the reading falls to Baruch. Gill and Clarke connect the restriction with the hostility after his trial in chapter 26. Verse 8 records that he did everything Jeremiah had commanded 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

Shut up - Hindered from going; perhaps through fear of Jehoiakim.

The words behind it

12 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.

  • 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 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

    Ephesians 3:1

    For 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.

  • Through

    Ephesians 6:20

    for 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.

  • Through

    Jeremiah 32:2

    At 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.

  • Through

    2 Corinthians 11:23

    Are 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;

  • Through

    Jeremiah 33:1

    While 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.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain

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).