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Jeremiah 36:4 - Meaning and Application

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Translation: King James Version

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

Jeremiah 36:4

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2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

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Jeremiah the prophet

  • Hilkiah, father of Jeremiah Hilkiah is the father of Jeremiah the prophet.
    Source: Jeremiah 1:1
    The words of Jeremiah the son of Hilkiah, of the priests that were in Anathoth in the land of Benjamin:
    Read Jeremiah 1:1
  • Shallum, Jeremiah’s uncle Shallum is an uncle of Jeremiah the prophet.
    Source: Jeremiah 32:6; Jeremiah 32:7
    And Jeremiah said, The word of the LORD came unto me, saying,
    Read Jeremiah 32:6
    Behold, Hanameel the son of Shallum thine uncle shall come unto thee, saying, Buy thee my field that is in Anathoth: for the right of redemption is thine to buy it.
    Read Jeremiah 32:7
  • Baruch, son of Neriah Baruch wrote down the words of Jeremiah the prophet.
    Source: Jeremiah 36:4
    Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
    Read Jeremiah 36:4

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Baruch, son of Neriah

  • Jeremiah the prophet Baruch wrote down the words of Jeremiah the prophet.
    Source: Jeremiah 36:4
    Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
    Read Jeremiah 36:4

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Selected relationship data adapted from BibleData, Brady Stephenson (CC BY 4.0). Reviewed, translated and supplemented with Scripture references.

Related Verses

Jeremiah 32:12

"And I gave the evidence of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, in the sight of Hanameel mine uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the book of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the prison."

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Jeremiah 36:18

"Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book."

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Jeremiah 36:32

"Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words."

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Ezekiel 2:9

"And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;"

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Jeremiah 51:59

"The word which Jeremiah the prophet commanded Seraiah the son of Neriah, the son of Maaseiah, when he went with Zedekiah the king of Judah into Babylon in the fourth year of his reign. And this Seraiah was a quiet prince."

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Jeremiah 43:3

"But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon."

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From This Chapter

Jeremiah 36:1

"And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"

Jeremiah 36:2

"Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day."

Jeremiah 36:3

"It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin."

Jeremiah 36:5

"And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:"

Jeremiah 36:6

"Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD'S house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities."

Jeremiah 36:7

"It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people."

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