Verse 25
Jer 36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
Ver. 25. Nevertheless Elnathan. ] Who had before been active for the king in apprehending and slaughtering the prophet Uriah, Jer 26:22 but now haply touched with some remorse for having any hand in so bloody an act.
Had made intercession to the king. ] Verum frigide admodum, but very coldly; and such cold friends the truth hath still not a few, at kings’ courts especially.
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