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Matthew Henry

Matthew Henry's Complete Commentary - Jeremiah 36:20-32

We have traced the roll to the people, and to the princes, and here we are to follow it to the king; and we find, I. That, upon notice given him concerning it, he sent for it, and ordered it to be read to him, Jer. 36:20, 21. He did not desire that Baruch would come and read it himself, who could read it more intelligently and with more authority and affection than any one else; nor did he order one of his princes to do it (though it would have been no disparagement to the greatest of them),... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:28

Take thee again another roll ,.... Or a piece of parchment; or rather several pieces of parchment glued or rolled up together: and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burnt ; just as when the two tables of the law were broken, two others were made, and the same laws written on them; and so here the same Spirit of God, which brought to the mind of the prophet all his former discourses and prophecies, so that he could readily... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:29

And thou shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah ,.... Or, "concerning" F23 על "de", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Cocceius, Schmidt. him; since the prophet was hid, and he was in quest of him; nor was it safe for him to appear in person before him; though this may be understood as what should be put into the second roll, and in that he addressed to him: thus saith the Lord, thou hast burnt this roll ; or "that roll"; or had suffered or ordered it to be burnt, giving this as a... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:30

Therefore thus saith the Lord, of Jehoiakim king of Judah ,.... Or, "concerning" F24 על "de", Schmidt, &c.; him; for Jehovah is not here said to be "the Lord of Jehoiakim", though he was, being King of kings, and Lord of lords; bat as speaking concerning him, and threatening him, as follows: he shall have none to sit upon the throne of David ; that is, none of his issue that should reign after him, or succeed him in the throne of David and kingdom of Judah; for his son... read more

John Gill

John Gills Exposition of the Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:31

And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity ,.... In cutting the roll pieces, and burning it, as Abarbinel interprets it; which either was done by himself, or by his order, and with his connivance; and at which perhaps his sons were present, and expressed a pleasure in it; an& his servants that stood by assented to it, excepting three; nor were they afraid of the judgments of God for it, nor in the least shocked at it, Jeremiah 36:24 ; though this may be... read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 36:28

Take thee again another roll - There was no duplicate of the former preserved; and now God inspired the prophet with the same matter that he had given him before; and there is to be added the heavy judgment that is to fall on Jehoiakim and his courtiers. read more

Adam Clarke

Adam Clarke's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 36:30

He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David - He shall have no successor and himself shall have an untimely end, and shall not even be buried, but his body be exposed to the open air, both night and day. He who wishes to hide his crimes, or take away the evidence which is against him, adds thereby to his iniquities, and is sure in consequence to double his punishment. See the threatening against Jehoiakim, Jeremiah 22:19 ; (note), and the note there. read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 36:28

Verse 28 By these words the Prophet shews what the ungodly gain by contending against God; for however hard and refractory, they must necessarily be broken down by God’s power. This happened to King Jehoiakim. We saw in yesterday’s Lecture how furious he was when he cut and burned the volume, and also ordered the Prophet to be slain. But it now follows, that another volume was written. Now God deals in different ways with the rebellious. For at one time he passes by or leaves timre, when he... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 36:29

Verse 29 We now see what reward Jehoiakim brought on himself, by his impiety and perverseness. But there are two clauses; in the first, God reproves him for having insolently dared to impose silence on the Prophet; and in the second, he adds a punishment. Thou shalt say to Jeholakim We are to take על ol, here for אל, al, as it appears from the context; it indeed properly means concerning, or upon, as in the next verse, God thus speaks of Jehoiakim. But as the Prophet is here bidden in the... read more

John Calvin

John Calvin's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 36:30

Verse 30 But the Prophet immediately shows that the ungodly in vain resist God, when they kick against the goad; they must necessarily be torn in pieces by the stone with which they contend, because their hardness cannot hinder God from executing his judgments. It is therefore added, Thus saith Jehovah of the king Jehoiakim, Be shall have no one to succeed him on the throne of David By saying, that he should have no successor, he means that he should have none of his own posterity; for though... read more

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