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Jeremiah 36:5
5Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, ‘The officers will not let me go to the Lord's temple.
Jeremiah 36:5 in other versions
- King James Version (KJV)And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord:
- New International Version (NIV)Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple.
- English Standard Version (ESV)And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am banned from going to the house of the Lord,
- New King James Version (NKJV)And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the Lord.
Context of Jeremiah 36:5
3That will warn the people of Judah about the very bad things that I have decided to do to them. When they hear about it, perhaps they will stop doing the evil things that they have been doing. Then I will forgive their sins and everything wrong that they have done.’ 4So Jeremiah told Neriah's son Baruch to come to him. Jeremiah spoke all the words that the Lord had told him to say. Baruch wrote them down on a scroll. Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, ‘The officers will not let me go to the Lord's temple. 6So you must go to the temple yourself. Go on a special day when people are fasting and they have come from their towns. Read the words that you wrote on the scroll to the people, so that they can all hear them. 7Perhaps they will ask the Lord to forgive them. Perhaps they will stop doing all the evil things that they have been doing. The Lord is very angry with them and he has warned them that he will punish them.’
Read all of Jeremiah 36Jeremiah 36:5 word by word
וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת־בָּר֖וּךְ לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י עָצ֔וּר לֹ֣א אוּכַ֔ל לָב֖וֹא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃Read the interlinear
Words taken from the KJV.
- And Jeremiahיִרְמְיָ֫הוּyirmeyâh yirmeyâhû · JeremiahH3414
- commandedצָוָהtsâvâh · to commandH6680
- Baruchבָּרוּךְbârûk · BaruchH1263
- sayingאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
- shut upעָצַר‛âtsar · to restrainH6113
- I cannotיָכֹלyâkôl yâkôl · be ableH3201
- goבּוֹאbô' · to come (in): comeH935
- into the houseבַּ֫יִתbayith · house: templeH1004
- of the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
Cross-references for Jeremiah 36:5
- Jeremiah 20:2So he told his men to beat Jeremiah. Then they tied Jeremiah up with heavy pieces of wood on his legs. That was at the Benjamin Gate of the Lord's temple.
- Jeremiah 32:2Nebuchadnezzar's army had made their camp all around Jerusalem. Jeremiah was a prisoner in the city. Guards kept him in a yard of the palace of the king of Judah.
- Jeremiah 33:1The Lord spoke to Jeremiah a second time while he was in prison in the yard of the palace.
- Jeremiah 37:15The officers were very angry with Jeremiah. They beat him with a stick. They put him in a strong room of Jonathan's house. Jonathan was the king's secretary. They had made his house into a place to keep hold of prisoners.
- Jeremiah 38:6So the officers took hold of Jeremiah. They put him in a deep hole in the palace yard where the guards were. Prince Malkijah had made the hole to store water. There was no water in the hole, but only mud. They tied ropes around Jeremiah and they slowly dropped him into the hole. Jeremiah fell deep into the mud.
- Jeremiah 40:4But today I am taking the chains off your hands so that you can go free. You can come with me to Babylon, if you choose to do that. If you come, I will take care of you. But if you do not choose to come with me, you do not have to do that. You are a free man. You may go to any part of the land that you choose.’
- 2 Corinthians 11:23Are they Christ's servants? I serve him even better than they do! (Now I am speaking like a crazy person.) I work much more than they have worked. I have been in prison more often than they have. People have hit me with whips very many times. I have nearly died many times.
- Ephesians 3:1That is why I pray for you. I, Paul, am in prison because I serve Christ Jesus. He has sent me to help you Gentiles.
- Ephesians 6:20God has sent me to tell people the good news on his behalf. And that is why I am now in prison. So pray that I will speak God's message bravely, as I ought to speak it.
- 2 Timothy 2:9And I have many troubles because I tell that good news to people. They have even put me in a prison, like someone who has done something bad. But nobody can keep God's message in a prison!
- Hebrews 11:36Other people who trusted God received insults. Some of them were hit with whips. Enemies of God tied these people up and they put them in prison.
Commentaries on Jeremiah 36:5
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 5Shut up - Hindered from going; perhaps through fear of Jehoiakim.Read the comment
- Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 5Jeremiah was either a prisoner under house arrest or banished from the Temple grounds.Read the comment
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 55. I am shut up--not in prison, for there is no account of his imprisonment under Jehoiakim, and Jr 36:19, 26 are inconsistent with it: but, "I am prevented," namely, by some hindrance; or, through fear of the king, to whose anger Baruch was less exposed, as not being the author of the prophecy.Read the comment
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Commentaries on Jeremiah 36
- Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
- Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
- Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
- Tyndale Open Study Notes
- Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
- Rashi on Tanakh
- Calvin’s Commentaries
- Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
- John Wesley’s Notes
- Darby Translation Notes
- Geneva Bible Translation Notes
- Kingcomments
- Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
- Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
- Scofield Reference Notes, 1917 Edition
- Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
- EGW Writings
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