Jeremiah 36:2, Jeremiah 36:4 NIV

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 36:2

Jeremiah 36:2 . Take thee a roll of a book Compare Isaiah 8:1; Ezekiel 2:9; Zechariah 5:1. The ancient manner of writing was upon long scrolls of parchment, which they afterward rolled upon sticks. On these words it is remarked by Harmer, (vol. 4. chap. 7, obs. 122,) “Many things were rolled up, much in the shape of an ancient Jewish manuscript, which yet were not fit to write upon; the words then in this, and some other similar cases, may be understood to mean, Take thee a roll, or volume,... read more

Donald C. Fleming

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-32

Jehoiakim burn’s Jeremiah’s scroll (36:1-32)God commanded Jeremiah to write down all the prophecies he had given during the previous twenty years and announce them again to Judah. Perhaps even yet the nation would repent and so escape God’s judgment (36:1-3).Over the next year Jeremiah wrote down the messages, using Baruch as his scribe. Since Jeremiah was forbidden to enter the temple (see 20:1-2; 26:7-9), he arranged for Baruch to go on his behalf and read the scroll to the people (4-7).... read more

E.W. Bullinger

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 36:2

roll = a writing scroll. Hebrew. megillah. Occurs twenty-one times (fourteen times in this chapter. Psalms 40:7 . Ezekiel 2:9 ; Ezekiel 3:1 , Ezekiel 3:2 , Ezekiel 3:3 .Zechariah 5:1 , Zechariah 5:2 ). The name given to the five books called the megilloth (Song of Solomon, Ruth, Lamentations, Ecclesiastes, and Esther). words. Plural Compare "word" (singular) (Jeremiah 36:1 ). Israel. These words were now to be written because Israel had been already in dispersion 114 years, and could not... read more

Robert Jamieson; A. R. Fausset; David Brown

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 36:2

2. roll of a book—a book formed of prepared skins made into a roll. Compare "volume of the book," that is, the Pentateuch ( :-). It does not follow that his prophecies were not before committed to writing; what is implied is, they were now written together in one volume, so as to be read continuously to the Jews in the temple. against . . . nations— (Jeremiah 25:15, &c.). from . . . days of Josiah— (Jeremiah 25:3). From Josiah's thirteenth year (Jeremiah 1:2). read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 36:1-8

Its writing 36:1-8 read more

Thomas Constable

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 36:2

Jeremiah was to write on a scroll (Heb. megillath sepher) all the prophecies that he had delivered concerning Israel, Judah, and the other nations since he began prophesying in the reign of Josiah (627 B.C.; cf. Jeremiah 1:2; Jeremiah 25:3). Most of the prophecies in the present Book of Jeremiah that date from this period are in chapters 1-25 and 46-51, but they were probably not in the same order on this scroll. Since Baruch and Jehudi read them on three separate occasions in one day (Jeremiah... read more

John Dummelow

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 36:1-32

Events Connected with the Collection of Jeremiah’s Prophecies into a Volume (4th and 5th years of Jehoiakim)The prophecies concerning Israel and Judah are now ended, and we have here the record of the embodying in a permanent form by Jeremiah of the substance of these prophecies. For further remarks see Intro.2. A roll of a book] Several skins were stitched together and attached to a roller of wood. The writing was arranged in columns parallel to the roller, so that as the parchment was... read more

Charles John Ellicott

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 36:2

(2) Take thee a roll of a book.—The same phrase meets us in Psalms 40:7 (ascribed by some critics to Jeremiah), but does not occur in any earlier prophet or historical book. It is found in later prophets (Ezekiel 2:9; Ezekiel 3:1; Zechariah 5:1-2). It probably followed on the introduction of parchment as a material for writing on, and the consequent substitution of the roll for the papyrus books, for which, from their fragile fabric, a different form was necessary. The command thus given to... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 36:1-32

Jehoiakim's Penknife Jeremiah 36:22-25 Jehoiakim sends for the roll; it is brought; he commands it to be read. But when only two or three columns have been read to him, he takes it from the reader, and deliberately cuts it into pieces with his penknife, and throws it into the fire, so that all is destroyed. And that was the answer of Jehoiakim to the Lord and His prophet. I. This was an act of peculiar and intolerable wickedness, burdened with every aggravation possible. 1. It was committed in... read more

William Nicoll

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-32

CHAPTER IIITHE ROLLJeremiah 36:1-32"Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee."- Jeremiah 36:2THE incidents which form so large a proportion of the contents of our book do not make up a connected narrative; they are merely a series of detached pictures: we can only conjecture the doings and experiences of Jeremiah during the intervals. Chapter 26 leaves him still exposed to the persistent hostility of the priests and prophets, who had apparently... read more

Joseph Benson's Commentary of the Old and New Testaments - Jeremiah 36:2

Bridgeway Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-32

E.W. Bullinger's Companion Bible Notes - Jeremiah 36:2

Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible - Jeremiah 36:2

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 36:1-8

Expository Notes of Dr. Thomas Constable - Jeremiah 36:2

John Dummelow's Commentary on the Bible - Jeremiah 36:1-32

Ellicott's Commentary for English Readers - Jeremiah 36:2

Expositor's Dictionary of Texts - Jeremiah 36:1-32

Expositor's Bible Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-32

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