Jeremiah 36:15

And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

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Interpretation

Shows of piety and devotion may be found even among those, who, though they keep up forms of godliness, are strangers and enemies to the power of it. The princes patiently attended the reading of the whole book.

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This thought runs through Jeremiah 36:11-15.

Jeremiah 36:11 Jeremiah 36:12 Jeremiah 36:13 Jeremiah 36:14 Jeremiah 36:15

Glossary

Baruch Tribe: Blessed. (1. ) The secretary of the prophet Jeremiah (32:12; 36:4). He was of the tribe of Judah (51:59). To him Jeremiah dictated his prophecies regarding the invasion of the Babylonians and the Captivity.