Jeremiah 36:24
22 Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
23 And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
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- BSB
- Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
- KJV
- Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
- WEB
- The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.
- ASV
- And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
- DARBY
- And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, [neither] the king nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
- BLB
- And they were not afraid and they did not tear their garments—the king and his servants who heard all these words.
- ÅB
- Og de forferdedes ikke og sønderrev ikke sine klær, hverken kongen eller noen av hans tjenere som hørte alle disse ord,
- OTB
- Kongen og alle hans tjenere som hørte alle disse ordene, viste ingen frykt, og de rev ikke i stykker klærne sine.
- B1930
- Og de forferdedes ikke og sønderrev ikke sine klær, hverken kongen eller nogen av hans tjenere som hørte alle disse ord,
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Jeremiah 36:16
When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”
Read in contextPsalms 36:1
An oracle is in my heart regarding the transgression of the wicked man: There is no fear of God before his eyes.
Read in contextIsaiah 36:22–37:1
Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
Read in contextPsalms 64:5
They hold fast to their evil purpose; they speak of hiding their snares. “Who will see them?” they say.
Read in contextJonah 3:6
When word reached the king of Nineveh, he got up from his throne, took off his royal robe, covered himself with sackcloth, and sat in ashes.
Read in context2 Kings 19:1–2
On hearing this report, King Hezekiah tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and entered the house of the LORD.
Read in context1 Kings 21:27
When Ahab heard these words, he tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and fasted. He lay down in sackcloth and walked around meekly.
Read in contextIsaiah 26:11
O LORD, Your hand is upraised, but they do not see it. They will see Your zeal for Your people and be put to shame. The fire set for Your enemies will consume them!
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