Jeremiah 36:18

Study note

Setting — Baruch answers the royal officials who asked how the scroll of judgment was produced. He states that Jeremiah dictated the words to him and he recorded them in ink.

The words — מִפִּי (mi-pi) translates literally as “from his mouth,” indicating direct oral transmission. יִקְרָא (yikra) means “he proclaimed” or “read aloud,” marking the spoken source before the written record.

The thread — This recording method matches Jeremiah 36:2–4, where Jeremiah commands Baruch to write all spoken words on a scroll. The officials’ follow-up command to hide in Jeremiah 36:19 shows the immediate political threat surrounding these written words.

Why it lands — The text establishes that the scroll’s authority rests on verifiable dictation rather than independent composition. A reader must accept that preserving judgment requires faithful, unaltered transcription from the original speaker.

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