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Jeremiah 36:8

in Jeremiah 36

So 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.

BSB

The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah’s house.

KJV

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.

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This verse in Jeremiah 36

Commentary

4 notes on this verse

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.

This site's exposition

So Baruch son of Neriah did everything

Verse 8 sums up what verse 9 tells in detail. Matthew Henry notes the gap between the command in the fourth year and the great reading in the fifth. He suggests Baruch read from the book to smaller gatherings in the meantime.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

It should seem that Baruch had been frequently reading out of the book, to all companies that would give him the hearing, before the most solemn reading of it altogether which is here spoken of; for the directions were given about it in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, whereas this was done in the fifth year,

The words behind it

15 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.

  • וַיַּ֗עַשׂand he did

    vaiyaasH6213 →2628 times

  • בָּרוּךְ֙Baruch

    barukhH1263 →26 times

  • בֶּן־[the] son of

    ben-H1121 →4930 times

  • נֵ֣רִיָּ֔הNeriah

    neriyahH5374 →10 times

  • כְּכֹ֥לaccording to all

    kekholH3605 →5413 times

  • אֲשֶׁר־that

    ʾasher-H834 →5497 times

  • צִוָּ֖הוּhe had commanded him

    tzivahuH6680 →494 times

  • יִרְמְיָ֣הוּJeremiah

    yirmeyahuH3414 →147 times

  • הַנָּבִ֑יאthe prophet

    hanavi'H5030 →314 times

  • לִקְרֹ֥אto read aloud

    likro'H7121 →733 times

  • בַסֵּ֛פֶרin the scroll

    vaseferH5612 →186 times

  • דִּבְרֵ֥י[the] words of

    divreiH1697 →1440 times

  • יְהוָ֖הYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

  • בֵּ֥ית[the] house of

    beitH1004 →2046 times

  • יְהֹוָֽה׃ סYahweh

    yahwehH3068 →6520 times

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

Related verses

8 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 1:17Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.3 worksMatthew 16:24Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.2 worksLuke 4:16–30Then Jesus came to Nazareth, where He had been brought up. As was His custom, He entered the synagogue on the Sabbath. And when He stood up to read,2 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.2 works1 Corinthians 16:10If Timothy comes, see to it that he has nothing to fear while he is with you, for he is doing the work of the Lord, just as I am.2 worksNehemiah 8:3So Ezra read it aloud from daybreak until noon as he faced the square before the Water Gate, in front of the men and women and those who could understand. And all the people listened attentively to the Book of the Law.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Philippians 2:19–22Now I hope in the Lord Jesus to send Timothy to you soon, that I also may be cheered when I learn how you are doing.2 worksJeremiah 36:10From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.2 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

    Matthew 16:24

    Then Jesus told His disciples, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross and follow Me.

    it leads to

    • Matthew 10:38

      and anyone who does not take up his cross and follow Me is not worthy of Me.

    • Luke 14:27

      And whoever does not carry his cross and follow Me cannot be My disciple.

    • 1 Peter 4:1–2

      Therefore, since Christ suffered in His body, arm yourselves with the same resolve, because anyone who has suffered in his body is done with sin.

    • Luke 9:23–27

      Then Jesus said to all of them, “If anyone wants to come after Me, he must deny himself and take up his cross daily and follow Me.

    • Mark 10:21

      Jesus looked at him, loved him, and said to him, “There is one thing you lack: Go, sell everything you own and give to the poor, and you will have treasure in heaven. Then…

  • Through

    Jeremiah 1:17

    Get yourself ready. Stand up and tell them everything that I command you. Do not be intimidated by them, or I will terrify you before them.

    it leads to

    • 1 Kings 18:46

      And the hand of the LORD came upon Elijah, and he tucked his cloak into his belt and ran ahead of Ahab all the way to Jezreel.

    • Jeremiah 1:7–8

      But the LORD told me: “Do not say, ‘I am only a child.’ For to everyone I send you, you must go, and all that I command you, you must speak.

    • 1 Peter 1:13

      Therefore prepare your minds for action. Be sober-minded. Set your hope fully on the grace to be given you at the revelation of Jesus Christ.

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
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the 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.

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