PARTICULARS OF THE READING, Jeremiah 36:9-18. 9. In the ninth month… proclaimed a fast This would fall about December. The ordinary fast was in the seventh month. Keil conjectures that this was a fast appointed in view of the capture of Jerusalem in the previous year. read more
10. In the chamber of Gemariah Probably from the window or balcony. Higher court That of the priests; the court of the people being lower. “The chamber,” then, would seem to be between the two courts. read more
12. The scribe’s chamber A public office where the king’s decrees were formulated and recorded; as has properly been suggested, the office of the secretary of state. The presence of all the princes may indicate the critical condition of public affairs. read more
14. Take… the roll… and come Had these princes been where they perhaps should have been, they would have heard the reading at the first. The man who is in the congregation of God’s worshippers is in the way of the best things; the man who is not there is without the circle of God’s choicest blessings. read more
15. Sit down A token of respect. This attention probably intimates the favour with which the “princes” regarded both Baruch and Jeremiah. read more
16. They were afraid Literally, they trembled each to his fellow. They showed the alarm with which these words filled their minds. This was due, not to the novelty of the predictions, as with many of them they must have been acquainted, but to the solemnity of the occasion, the gravity of the subject-matter, the earnestness of the scribe himself, and the cumulative force of the predictions. We will surely tell Rather, we must tell. These matters, so important, we may not hide from... read more
17. How didst thou write Two points seem to be involved in this question, which is not one of mere curiosity, but of earnest interest: namely, authority and accuracy. As to both the answer was most conclusive. read more
THE READING TO THE KING, Jeremiah 36:19-26. 22. Winter house A special part of the palace used for that season. Fire on the hearth Brazier. The houses of the Jews, as usual in the east, were warmed not by means of chimneys or living fires, but by open vessels containing coals. read more
23. Three or four leaves Rather, columns. The exact word here is doors. This was a continuous roll, but the writing, as is customary, was in sections or columns. Cut it, etc. That is, the king, not Jehudi, “cut it.” The act illustrates the violence of the king’s temper. The book had made a deep impression on the princes, and they were careful to provide for its safe keeping when they sent to tell the king, but he incontinently destroys it. It is manifestly an error to interpret, as... read more
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Wesley's Explanatory Notes - Jeremiah 36:26
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.Hid them — God by his providence kept them both out of their hands; directing them to find such a place of recess as the kings messengers could not find out. read more