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Jeremiah 36 — Sermon Preparation

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.

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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.

Calvin 20 Matthew Henry 1 Alexander MacLaren 1 John Wesley 1

“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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