They said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
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They said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.
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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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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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John Trapp 1656 · Public Domain Jer 36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down…
Jer 36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read [it] in their ears.
Ver. 15. And they said, Sit down now] {a} This was some courtesy and token of good respect to Baruch. These princes were not all out so bad as their king.
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{a} Reverenter sedere iusserunt. - Oecol.
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Matthew Poole 1685 · Public Domain The courage of Baruch is admirable, he was now…
The courage of Baruch is admirable, he was now before the council, in the king’s house, the substance of the prophecies were threatening both to the king and court, and to all the people. The king, as appears by all history, was of no good temper; we read, Jer 26:23, of his sending for Urijah the prophet out of Egypt; when he had fled thither for fear of the king, and slaying him, and we shall find that at that time the princes advised both Jeremiah and Baruch to hide themselves; yet Baruch is not afraid, but reads the prophecy in their ears.
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John Gill 1763 · Public Domain And they said unto him, sit down now,.... Or,…
And they said unto him, sit down now,.... Or, "pray sit down" (q); they received him very courteously, and treated him with great humanity, and showed much respect to him, in beseeching him to sit down by them:
and read it in our ears; as he had done in the ears of the people, with an audible voice, clearly and distinctly, that they might be able to hear it, so as to understand it:
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so Baruch read it in their ears; without any fear or dread, though in the king's palace, and before an assembly of princes; nor did he excuse himself on account of weariness, having just read it to the people; or upbraid the princes with not being in the temple, where they might have heard it.
(q) "sede quaeso", Vatablus, Schmidt.
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Daniel D. Whedon 1874 · Public Domain 15. Sit down — A token of respect. This…
15. Sit down — A token of respect. This attention probably intimates the favour with which the “princes” regarded both Baruch and Jeremiah.
Daniel D. Whedon (gen. ed.), Commentary on the Old and New Testaments (1874–1909) — public domain. Text from a community e-Sword module.
The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges 1878 · Public Domain 15. Sit down] These words taken with Jer_36:19 shew…
15. Sit down] These words taken with Jer_36:19 shew that the princes were favourably disposed towards Baruch and Jeremiah. The same fact has been marked already in ch. Jer_26:16. Baruch took the position ordinarily assumed by an Eastern teacher. Cp. Luk_4:20.
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The Pulpit Commentary 1880 · Public Domain Sit down now. The princes evidently recognize Baruch as…
Sit down now. The princes evidently recognize Baruch as belonging to a family of distinction (see on ver. 4); and from vers. 19, 25 we may infer that they were favourably inclined beth to Baruch and to his master. (comp. Jer 26)
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