Passage Research
Jeremiah 36 — Sermon Preparation
Jehoiakim burns the scroll of Jeremiah's dictated prophecies column by column; Baruch rewrites them with additional words at God's command. Below is a research summary for Jeremiah 36, drawn from openly licensed scholarly databases — original-language morphology, classic sermons from the church fathers through the Puritans, and ancient geography data.
- 32
- verses
- 618 / 159
- Hebrew words / lemmas
- 23
- classic sermon excerpts
- 4
- preachers & commentators
Jeremiah 36 in the Hebrew
Distinctive vocabulary of this chapter, based on original-language morphology.
| Hebrew | Transliteration | Strong's | Count | Glosses |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| בָּרוּךְ | Bârûwk | H1263 | 16 | Baruk |
| מְגִלָּה | mᵉgillâh | H4039 | 14 | roll |
| דָּבָר | dâbâr | H1697 | 19 | word, matter |
| יִרְמְיָה | Yirmᵉyâh | H3414 | 12 | Jirmejah |
| קָרָא | qârâʼ | H7121 | 13 | call out to |
| אֹזֶן | ʼôzen | H241 | 10 | broadness, ear |
| כָּתַב | kâthab | H3789 | 9 | grave, write |
How preachers through history handled this text
23 public-domain excerpts on Jeremiah 36, from the church fathers to the Puritans.
“4. Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. 4. Et vocavit Jeremias Baruch fillium Neriae; et scripsit Baruch ex ore Jeremiae cunctos sermones Jehovae, quos loquutus est ad ipsum, in volumine libri. 5. And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD: 5. …”
— Calvin, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations - Volume 4, on Jeremiah 36:4–6 (Public Domain)
Places in the text
Based on ancient-geography data
- New Gate— Jer 36:10
- Babylon 1— Jer 36:29
- Jerusalem— Jer 36:31
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