◄ Jeremiah 36:18 ►
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
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Jeremiah 36:2,4 Take you a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah...

Jeremiah 43:2,3 Then spoke Azariah the son of Hoshaiah, and Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the proud men, saying to Jeremiah, You speak falsely...

Proverbs 26:4,5 Answer not a fool according to his folly, lest you also be like to him...

with ink. {Baddeyo} us rendered by some, [after him]; but {deyo} (in Chaldee and Syriac {deyootha,} and in Welsh {du,}) certainly denotes ink; whence are derived the Arabic {dawat} and {deweet}, and Persian {deeveet,} an ink-holder; the Syriac {dayowo}, and Persian {div}, the devil. So the Alexandrian copy of the LXX, has, and Vulgate {atramento} with ink. Perhaps the princes supposed that Baruch had written this roll from memory; and that it was rather to be considered as his composition, than the substance of Jeremiah's prophecies; and they might ask this apparently frivolous question in order to allay the alarms excited by considering it as the word of God. But Baruch, with great simplicity, so answered their question, as to shew that he only acted as Jeremiah's amanuensis, and wrote verbatim what he had dictated.



Context
Jeremiah's Scroll Read in the King's House

11When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD, 12Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, see, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes. 13Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the roll wherein you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came to them. 15And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. 16Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. 17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth? 18Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you be.
Parallel Verses
American Standard Version
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

Douay-Rheims Bible
And Baruch said to them: With his mouth he pronounced all these words as if he were reading to me: and I wrote in a volume with ink.

Darby Bible Translation
And Baruch said unto them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

King James Bible
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

Young's Literal Translation
And Baruch saith to them, 'From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'

Jeremiah 36:17
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