Jeremiah 36:7

Jeremiah 36:7 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)Perhaps they will bring their petition before the Lord and will each turn from their wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great.”
• English Standard Version (ESV)It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the Lord, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people."
• New King James Version (NKJV)It may be that they will present their supplication before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way. For great is the anger and the fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”

Context of Jeremiah 36:7

5Then 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. Perhaps 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.’ 8Neriah's son Baruch did everything that the prophet Jeremiah had told him. He went to the Lord's temple. He read the Lord's message that was written on the scroll. 9That happened in the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim ruled Judah as king. People from all Judah's towns had come to Jerusalem. They joined with the people of Jerusalem to fast and pray in the Lord's temple.

Jeremiah 36:7 word by word

אוּלַ֞י תִּפֹּ֤ל תְּחִנָּתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֑ה כִּֽי־גָד֤וֹל הָאַף֙ וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃Read the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• It may be they will presentנָפַלnâphal · to fall: fallH5307
• their supplicationתְּחִנָּהtechinnâh · supplicationH8467
• beforeפָּנֶהpânîym · face: beforeH6440
• the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• and will returnשׁוּבshûb · to return: repentH7725
• every oneאִישׁ'îysh · man: anyoneH376
• from his evilרַעra‛ râ‛âh · bad: evilH7451
• wayדֶּ֫רֶךְderek · way: conductH1870
• for greatגָּדוֹלgâdôl gâdôl · great: largeH1419
• the angerאַף'aph · face: angerH639
• and the furyחֵמָהchêmâh chêmâ' · rageH2534
• hath pronouncedדָבַרdâbar · to speak: promiseH1696
• against this peopleעַם‛am · peopleH5971

Cross-references for Jeremiah 36:7

• Jeremiah 36:3That 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.’
• 1 Kings 8:33Perhaps an enemy will win against your people, the Israelites, because we have not obeyed you. But then your people may turn back to you and worship you. They may come into this temple and pray that you will help them.
• 2 Chronicles 33:12This gave Manasseh a lot of pain. He asked the Lord his God to be kind to him. He made himself humble and he prayed for help to the Lord, the God of his ancestors.
• Daniel 9:13All this trouble has come to us in the way that Moses wrote in the book of your laws. But we have still not tried to please you, the Lord our God. We have not turned away from our sins. We have not learned your true teaching.
• Hosea 5:15Then I will return to my place. I will leave them to receive their full punishment. When they have suffered enough, they will turn back to me. They will want to serve me again.’
• Hosea 6:1‘Listen! We should return to serve the Lord. He has torn us to pieces, but now he will make us well again. He has hurt us, but now he will make our wounds better.
• Hosea 14:1Israel's people, return to the Lord your God! Your sins have caused you to fall down.
• Jeremiah 1:3The Lord also spoke to him while Josiah's son, Jehoiakim, ruled Judah as king. He continued to speak to Jeremiah until Josiah's son Zedekiah had ruled Judah for 11 years. In the fifth month of that year, Judah's enemies took the people of Jerusalem away as their prisoners.
• Jeremiah 25:5The Lord's message to you was, “Turn away from your wicked way of life. Stop doing the evil things that you are doing. If you do that, you may continue to live in this land. It is the land that the Lord gave to you and to your ancestors to be their home for ever.
• Jonah 3:8Everyone must wear sackcloth. You must cover all your animals with sackcloth too. Everyone must pray to God with all their strength. You must all stop doing bad and cruel things.
• Zechariah 1:4Do not be like your ancestors. Many years ago the prophets gave them a message from me. The message was, “Stop doing those evil and wicked things.” But they did not listen to me. They did not think that my message was important.
• Jeremiah 4:4Give yourselves to me, the Lord, and agree to serve me faithfully. Remove from your lives everything that is not right, so that you obey my covenant. If you do not do that, I will be very angry with you. I will punish you like a hot fire that destroys things. Nobody will be able to stop my anger. People of Judah and Jerusalem, if you continue to do wicked things, I will certainly punish you.’
• Jeremiah 16:10Tell the people everything that I have said. Then they will ask you, “Why has the Lord told us that he will punish us so much? What wrong things have we done? What sin have we done against the Lord, our God?”
• Jeremiah 19:15He said, ‘The Lord Almighty, Israel's God, says this: “Listen to me! I will soon punish this city and all the towns around it, as I have promised that I will do. I will do it because the people have refused to listen to my message.” ’
• Jeremiah 21:5I myself will use my great power and strength to fight against you. I will do that because I am very angry with you.
• Deuteronomy 28:15But if you refuse to listen to the Lord your God, all these curses will happen to you. So be careful to obey all his commands and rules that I am giving you today. If you do not obey the Lord, these curses will happen to you:

Commentaries on Jeremiah 36:7

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 7Present their supplication - "Let their supplication fall," that they may fall down before God, and deplore their sins.Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 7They will present their supplication - i. e., humbly. See the margin. The phrase also contained the idea of the prayer being accepted.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 7Jeremiah explained why he wrote the scroll (Jeremiah 36:3) and read it to the public. Perhaps...each one will turn from his wicked way: The people could still receive the Lord's forgiveness and avoid his anger.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 77. present ... supplication--literally, "supplication shall fall"; alluding to the prostrate attitude of the supplicants (De 9:25; Mt 26:39), as petitioners fall at the feet of a king in the East. So Hebrew, Jr 38:26; Da 9:18, Margin.Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 36:7

• Anger
• Baruch
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• Jeremiah
• Repentance
• Will

In the dictionaries

• Baruch
• Elijah
• Fast
• Pronounce
• Baruch, Book of
• Bible, the
• Jehoiakim
• Jeremiah (2)
• Parchment
• Pen

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