Bible Strands
Jeremiah 43:3
Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to deliver us into the hands of the Chaldeans, so that they may put us to death or exile us to Babylon!”
Berean Standard Bible
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Study note
Setting — Azariah son of Hoshaiah, Johanan son of Kareah, and the arrogant men address Jeremiah directly. They voice this accusation immediately after rejecting his warning not to relocate to Egypt.
The words — The Hebrew text highlights מַסִּית (ma.Sit, "inciting") and תֵּ֨ת (tet, "to give"). These terms state the literal charge that Baruch is provoking Jeremiah to hand the group over to the Chaldeans.
The thread — The accusation points to Baruch’s documented role in Jeremiah 36:4, where he recorded the prophet’s dictation, and Jeremiah 36:10, where he read the scroll in the temple. The king’s subsequent order to punish Baruch’s associates in Jeremiah 36:26 confirms the political danger of their association.
Why it lands — The verse records a direct claim of manipulation before any theological judgment is applied. It requires readers to separate the leaders' political fear from the prophet's reported command.
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The Hebrew words
King James Version
But Baruch the son of Neriah setteth thee on against us, for to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.
Cross-references
- Jeremiah 36:4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
- 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.
- Jeremiah 36:26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
- Jeremiah 38:4 Then the officials said to the king, “This man ought to die, for he is discouraging the warriors who remain in this city, as well as all the people, by speaking such words to them; this man is not seeking the well-being of these people, but their ruin.”
- Jeremiah 43:6 the men, the women, the children, the king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan captain of the guard had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, as well as Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah.
- Jeremiah 45:1 This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
- Psalms 109:4 In return for my love they accuse me, but I am a man of prayer.
- Matthew 5:11 Blessed are you when people insult you, persecute you, and falsely say all kinds of evil against you because of Me.
- Luke 6:22 Blessed are you when people hate you, and when they exclude you and insult you and reject your name as evil because of the Son of Man.
- Luke 6:26 Woe to you when all men speak well of you, for their fathers treated the false prophets in the same way.