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Jeremiah 36:7
Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Jeremiah directs Baruch to read the scroll aloud in the temple during a day of fasting so all Judah may hear it. This instruction occurs at the moment the scroll is prepared but before the announced judgment is carried out.
The words — אוּלַי ('u.lai) translates literally to "perhaps," and תְּחִנָּתָם (te.chi.na.tam) means "their supplication." These terms mark the reading as a conditional appeal rather than a guaranteed outcome.
The thread — The hope for repentance repeats the conditional structure of Jeremiah 36:3 and mirrors the temple inquiry pattern of 2 Kings 22:13. The warning of divine fury aligns with the cause-and-effect structure of 2 Kings 22:17.
Why it lands — The text commands immediate attention to the written words before the stated calamity arrives. It requires the reader to treat the hearing of the message as the sole mechanism for averting the announced judgment.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
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.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
- 2 Kings 22:13 “Go and inquire of the LORD for me, for the people, and for all Judah concerning the words in this book that has been found. For great is the wrath of the LORD that burns against us because our fathers have not obeyed the words of this book by doing all that is written about us.”
- 2 Kings 22:17 because they have forsaken Me and burned incense to other gods, that they might provoke Me to anger with all the works of their hands. My wrath will be kindled against this place and will not be quenched.’
- 2 Chronicles 33:12 And in his distress, Manasseh sought the favor of the LORD his God and earnestly humbled himself before the God of his fathers.
- Jeremiah 4:4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, and remove the foreskins of your hearts, O men of Judah and people of Jerusalem. Otherwise, My wrath will break out like fire and burn with no one to extinguish it, because of your evil deeds.”
- Jeremiah 21:5 And I Myself will fight against you with an outstretched hand and a mighty arm, with anger, fury, and great wrath.
- Lamentations 4:11 The LORD has exhausted His wrath; He has poured out His fierce anger; He has kindled a fire in Zion, and it has consumed her foundations.
- Hosea 5:15 Then I will return to My place until they admit their guilt and seek My face; in their affliction they will earnestly seek Me.”
- Deuteronomy 28:15 If, however, you do not obey the LORD your God by carefully following all His commandments and statutes I am giving you today, all these curses will come upon you and overtake you:
- Deuteronomy 29:18 Make sure there is no man or woman, clan or tribe among you today whose heart turns away from the LORD our God to go and worship the gods of those nations. Make sure there is no root among you that bears such poisonous and bitter fruit,