The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-4
( Vide Jeremiah 30:1-3 .)—M. read more
耶利米書 36:1-7 Cunpts
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-32
CHAPTERS 36-38. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS PRECEDING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM . Jeremiah 36:1-32 . THE ROLL OF PROPHECY DESTROYED BY JEHOIAKIM . Now, it is remarkable, and points the way to a solution of the problem, that Jeremiah 25:1-38 . is said ( Jeremiah 25:1 ) to have been written in the very same year to which the narrative before us refers, and that it is mainly concerned with the invasion of Nebuchadnezzar and its consequences (indeed, entirely... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-32
Hearers of God's Word. This chapter brings before us an instructive variety of these hearers. I. SUCH AS THE PROPHET . To him and such as he the Word of God came, and was received with reverent submission and diligently obeyed at all costs. They could say, "Speak, Lord; for thy servant heareth." II. SUCH AS THE PEOPLE GENERALLY . ( Jeremiah 36:10 .) The mass seemed unaffected. We do not read of their being in any wise wrought upon by what they had heard. But... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:2
The written Word. "Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee" "This is the first recorded instance of the formation of a canonical book, and of the special purpose of its formation." No doubt other prophets had committed to writing more or less of their teachings—the quotations of one prophet from another, the later from the earlier, prove this; but here is the first record of any such act, and hence it has especial interest. It is the... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:3
It may be. We can understand the prophet thus speaking, but how can there be anything uncertain or contingent with God? And yet it is he who here speaks and says, "It may be." We are accustomed to say, "God knows all the past, and all the present, and all the future (cf. Isaiah 46:9-11 ). Reason and Scripture alike seem to say that there can be nothing probable with God. But yet this is his word. Why does he thus speak? Perhaps— I. BECAUSE THERE WAS NO LAW , NO DECREE ... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:3
God's eye to every possibility. I. THE THING WHICH GOD GREATLY DESIRES . That man may repent, thus enabling him to forgive. He ever has his eyes on the ways of evil men, noticing the slightest sign of their weariness in them and disposition to leave them. This is always a thing to be suspected and prepared for. That any man should suddenly become uneasy and hesitating in the midst of evil courses is nothing wonderful when we consider that man was made for goodness and... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:4
Baruch . Already mentioned as Jeremiah's attendant, in Jeremiah 32:12 . He appears to have been of high rank (see on Jeremiah 32:15 ), as Josephus, indeed, expressly states ('Ant.,' 10.9, 1). Maaseiah, his grandfather, was governor of the city ( 2 Chronicles 34:8 ), and Seraiah his brother ( Jeremiah 51:59 ) held some equally honourable, though not so easily definable, position in the court. read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:5
I am shut up. Not so; Jeremiah was not detained by material force. Some strong reason he had (perhaps of a ceremonial kind), but as it was irrelevant to the narrative, it is not given. Render, I am detained (same verb as in 1 Samuel 21:7 ). read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:5-8
Vicarious ministry in holy things. The "vicar," an ecclesiastical officer of mediaeval times,—explain the origin and nature of his duties. Show how large this question of vicarious service, and how universal its necessity, in business, society, the state, the Church, etc. This incident illustrates— I. ITS ESSENTIAL NATURE . Not merely that one should do, be, or suffer instead of another, but as representative of him. More or less consciously, sympathetically, adequately. That one... read more
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The Pulpit Commentary - Jeremiah 36:1-4
The writing of the roll. I. WHO WERE ENGAGED IN THE WRITING OF THE ROLL ? 1 . God . (a) he will bless the right reading of the Bible, and (b) he will call us to account for the use we make of it. 2 . Jeremiah. God does not speak to mankind by a direct and audible voice as with the thunder tones of Sinai. He speaks through an instrument—a man, a prophet. And this prophet is plainly not just a mechanical mouthpiece to the Divine voice. His personality... read more