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Jeremiah 36:10
From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Baruch reads from a scroll in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan, located in the upper courtyard at the New Gate of the house of the LORD, during a proclaimed fast in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim, while all the people listen.
The words — וַ/יִּקְרָ֨א (va/i.yik.Ra') = he read aloud and בָר֥וּךְ (va.Rukh) = Baruch. The text records Baruch performing a public reading of Jeremiah’s written words.
The thread — Jeremiah 36:11 notes Micaiah hearing the same scroll reading, Jeremiah 26:10 records officials arriving at the house of the LORD after hearing related prophetic messages, and Jeremiah 52:25 lists court officials taken during the city’s fall.
Why it lands — The text places a scribe’s public proclamation of prophetic words in a designated sacred location during a national fast, requiring readers to observe how divine speech was deliberately preserved, transmitted, and heard by the community.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord’s house, in the ears of all the people.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 36:11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,
- Jeremiah 26:10 When the officials of Judah heard these things, they went up from the king’s palace to the house of the LORD and sat there at the entrance of the New Gate.
- Jeremiah 52:25 Of those still in the city, he took a court official who had been appointed over the men of war, as well as seven trusted royal advisers. He also took the scribe of the captain of the army, who had enlisted the people of the land, and sixty men who were found in the city.
- 2 Samuel 8:17 Zadok son of Ahitub and Ahimelech son of Abiathar were priests; Seraiah was the scribe;
- Jeremiah 36:25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.
- 2 Samuel 20:25 Sheva was the scribe; Zadok and Abiathar were priests;
- 2 Kings 15:35 Nevertheless, the high places were not taken away; the people continued sacrificing and burning incense there. Jotham rebuilt the Upper Gate of the house of the LORD.
- 2 Kings 18:37 Then Hilkiah’s son Eliakim the palace administrator, Shebna the scribe, and Asaph’s son Joah the recorder came to Hezekiah with their clothes torn, and they relayed to him the words of the Rabshakeh.
- Jeremiah 26:24 Nevertheless, Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.
- Jeremiah 29:3 The letter was entrusted to Elasah son of Shaphan and Gemariah son of Hilkiah, whom Zedekiah king of Judah sent to King Nebuchadnezzar in Babylon. It stated: