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Jeremiah 36:17

Jeremiah 36:17
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

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Gill's ExpositionBaptist theologian, 1697–1771

And they asked Baruch,.... The following question, which may seem at first sight an odd, needless, and trifling one, as…

Barnes' NotesPresbyterian pastor, 1798–1870

The scroll might have been drawn up by Baruch from memoranda of his own without the prophet’s direct authority. The…

Matthew HenryNonconformist minister, 1662–1714Jeremiah 36:9-19

It should seem that Baruch had been frequently reading out of the book, to all companies that would give him the…

Cambridge BibleAcademic commentary, 1882–1921

How didst thou write They desired to know how far the words might be Baruch's own, so as to be able to state to the king…

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