Jeremias sends Baruch to read his prophecies in the temple; the book is brought to king Joakim, who burns it. The prophet denounces his judgment, and causes Baruch to write a new copy.
Ieremie in prison sendeth Baruch by Gods commandment, to read a booke of comminations before the people: 7. exhorting them to repent: 9. which being read in a porch of the Temple, 11. Micheas reporteth it to the Nobles in the court, 14. whither Baruch being called readeth the same before them: 20. they informe the king: 21. who hearing part therof, causeth the booke to be burned: 26. and commandeth to apprehend Baruch, and Ieremie. 27. The booke is write againe by them with addition of more.
1And it came to pass in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, that this word came to Jeremias by the Lord, saying:L'anno quarto di Joachim figliuolo di Giosia, re di Giuda, il Signore parlò così a Geremia, e disse:AND it came to passe in the fourth yeare of Ioakim, the sonne of Iosias king of Iuda: this word was made to Ieremie from our Lord, saying:Et factum est in anno quarto Joakim filii Josiæ regis Juda, factum est verbum hoc ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens: 2Take thee a roll of a book, and thou shalt write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee against Israel and Juda, and against all the nations from the day that I spoke to thee, from the days of Josias even to this day.Prendi un libro, e in esso scrivi tutte le parole, che io ho dette a te contro Israele, e contro Giuda, e contro tutte le genti dal tempo del regno di Giosia quand'io ti parlai, fino a questo dì:Take a volume of a booke and thou shalt write in it al the wordes, that I haue spoken to thee against Israel and Iuda, & against al Nations since the day that I spake to thee, from the daies of Iosias euen to this day.Tolle volumen libri, et scribes in eo omnia verba quæ locutus sum tibi adversum Israël et Judam, et adversum omnes gentes, a die qua locutus sum ad te ex diebus Josiæ usque ad diem hanc: 3If so be, when the house of Juda shall hear all the evils that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his wicked way: and I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin.Se a sorte udendo la casa di Giuda tutti i mali, ch'io penso di farle, si converta ognun di loro dalla sua pessima vita, ond'io perdoni la loro iniquità, e il loro peccato.If perhaps the house of Iuda hearing al the euils, that I meane to doe vnto them, let euerie man returne from his most wicked way: and I wil be propicious to their iniquitie, and to their sinne.si forte, audiente domo Juda universa mala quæ ego cogito facere eis, revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima, et propitius ero iniquitati et peccato eorum. 4So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he spoke to him, upon the roll of a book.Geremia adunque chiamò Baruch figliuolo di Neria: e Baruch scrisse nel libro sotto la dettatura di Geremia tutte le parole dette a lui dal Signore:Ieremie therefore called Baruch the sonne of Nerias: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Ieremie al the wordes of our Lord, which he spake to him, in the volume of the booke.Vocavit ergo Jeremias Baruch filium Neriæ: et scripsit Baruch ex ore Jeremiæ omnes sermones Domini quos locutus est ad eum, in volumine libri:
5And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying: I am shut up, and cannot go into the house of the Lord.E Geremia diede quest'ordine a Baruch, dicendo: Io son rinchiuso, e non posso andare alla casa del Signore;And Ieremie commanded Baruch, saying: I am shut vp, neither am I able to goe into the house of our Lord.et præcepit Jeremias Baruch, dicens: Ego clausus sum, nec valeo ingredi domum Domini. 6Go thou in therefore, and read out of the volume, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the hearing of all the people in the house of the Lord on the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the hearing of all Juda that come out of their cities:Ma va tu, e leggi dal libro scritto da te sotto la mia dettatura le parole del Signore a sentita del popolo nella casa del Signore il dì del digiuno: e le leggerai ancora a sentita di tutto Giuda, che viene dalle sue città,Goe thou in therefore, and read out of the volume, wherein thou hast written from my mouth the wordes of our Lord, in the hearing of al the people in the house of our Lord on the fasting day: moreouer also in the hearing of al Iuda, which come out of their cities, thou shalt read it to them:Ingredere ergo tu, et lege de volumine in quo scripsisti ex ore meo verba Domini, audiente populo in domo Domini, in die jejunii: insuper et audiente universo Juda qui veniunt de civitatibus suis, leges eis, 7If so be they may present their supplication before the Lord, and may return every one from his wicked way: for great is the wrath and indignation which the Lord hath pronounced against this people.Se a sorte si umilii la loro orazione dinanzi al Signore, e si converta ognuno dalla sua pessima vita. Imperocché grande è il furore, e l'indignazione, che il Signore ha manifestata contro di questo popolo.if perhaps their prayer may fal in the sight of our Lord, and euerie one returne from his most wicked way: because great is the furie & indignation, which our Lord hath spoken against this people.si forte cadat oratio eorum in conspectu Domini, et revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima: quoniam magnus furor et indignatio est quam locutus est Dominus adversus populum hunc. 8And Baruch the son of Nerias did according to all that Jeremias the prophet had commanded him, reading out of the volume the words of the Lord in the house of the Lord.E fece Baruch figliuolo di Neria tutto quello, che aveagli ordinato Geremia profeta, leggendo dal libro le parole del Signore nella casa del Signore.And Baruch the sonne of Nerias did according to al thinges, that Ieremie the prophet had commanded him, reading out of the volume the wordes of our Lord in the house of our Lord.Et fecit Baruch filius Neriæ juxta omnia quæ præceperat ei Jeremias propheta, legens ex volumine sermones Domini in domo Domini.
9And it came to pass in the fifth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that were come together out of the cities of Juda to Jerusalem.L'anno quinto di Joachim figliuolo di Giosia, re di Giuda, il mese nono fu intimato un digiuno davanti al Signore a tutto il popolo di Gerusalemme, e a tutta la moltitudine, che era concorsa in folla a Gerusalemme dalle città di Giuda.And it came to passe in the fifth yeare of Ioakim the sonne of Iosias the king of Iuda, in the ninth moneth: they proclaymed a fast in the sight of our Lord to al the people in Ierusalem, and to al the multitude, that was flocked together out of the cities of Iuda in Ierusalem.Factum est autem in anno quinto Joakim filii Josiæ regis Juda, in mense nono: prædicaverunt jejunium in conspectu Domini omni populo in Jerusalem, et universæ multitudini quæ confluxerat de civitatibus Juda in Jerusalem. 10And Baruch read out of the volume the words of Jeremias in the house of the Lord, in the treasury of Gamarias the son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court, in the entry of the new gate of the house of the Lord, in the hearing of all the people.E Baruch lesse dal libro le parole di Geremia nella casa del Signore nel gazofilacio di Gamaria figliuolo di Saphan dottor della legge, nel vestibolo superiore all'ingresso della porta nuova della casa del Signore a sentita di tutto il popolo.And Baruch redde out of the wordes of Ieremie in the house of our Lord, in the treasurie of Gamarias the sonne of Saphan the scribe, in the higher court, in the entrie of the new gate of the house of our Lord, al the people hearing it.Legitque Baruch ex volumine sermones Jeremiæ in domo Domini, in gazophylacio Gamariæ filii Saphan scribæ, in vestibulo superiori, in introitu portæ novæ domus Domini, audiente omni populo. 11And when Micheas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord,E avendo sentito Michea figliuolo di Gamaria, figliuolo di Saphan tutte le parole del Signore lette sul libro,And when Micheas the sonne of Gamarias the sonne of Saphan had heard al the wordes of our Lord out of the booke:Cumque audisset Michæas filius Gamariæ filii Saphan omnes sermones Domini ex libro, 12He went down into the king’s house to the secretary’s chamber: and behold all the princes sat there, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaias the son of Semeias, and Elnathan the son of Achobor, and Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedecias the son of Hananias, and all the princes.Andò alla casa del re alla camera del segretario, dove sedevano tutti i principi, Elisama segretario, e Dalaia figliuolo di Semeia, ed Elnathan figliuolo di Achobor, e Gamaria figliuolo di Saphan, e Sedecia figliuolo di Hanania, e tutti i principi:he went downe into the kings house to the treasurie of the scribe: and behold al the princes sate there, Elisama the scribe, and Dalaias the sonne of Semeias, and Elnathan the sonne of Achobor: and Gamarias the sonne of Saphan, & Sedecias the sonne of Hananias, and al the princes.descendit in domum regis, ad gazophylacium scribæ, et ecce ibi omnes principes sedebant: Elisama scriba, et Dalaias filius Semeiæ, et Elnathan filius Achobor, et Gamarias filius Saphan, et Sedecias filius Hananiæ, et universi principes:
13And Micheas told them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read out of the volume in the hearing of the people.E raccontò loro Michea tutto quello, che avea udito leggere da Baruch a sentita del popolo.And Micheas told them al the wordes that he had heard Baruch reading out of the volume in the eares of the people.et nuntiavit eis Michæas omnia verba quæ audivit, legente Baruch ex volumine in auribus populi. 14Therefore all the princes sent Judi the son of Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi, to Baruch, saying: Take in thy hand the volume in which thou hast read in the hearing of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Nerias took the volume in his hand, and came to them.Tutti i principi adunque mandarono Giudi figliuolo di Nathania, figliuolo di Selemia, figliuolo di Chusi, a dire a Baruch: Prendi in mano il libro, che tu hai letto presente il popolo, e vieni qua. E Baruch figliuolo di Neria prese in mano il libro, e andò a trovarli.Al the princes therefore sent to Baruch, Iudi the sonne of Nathanias, the sonne of Selemias, the sonne of Chusi, saying: Take in thy hand the volume, out of which thou hast redde in the hearing of the people, and come. Baruch therefore the sonne of Nerias tooke the volume in his hand, and came to them.Miserunt itaque omnes principes ad Baruch Judi filium Nathaniæ filii Selemiæ filii Chusi, dicentes: Volumen ex quo legisti, audiente populo, sume in manu tua, et veni. Tulit ergo Baruch filius Neriæ volumen in manu sua, et venit ad eos: 15And they said to him: Sit down and read these things in our hearing. And Baruch read in their hearing.E quegli dissero a lui: Siedi, leggi queste cose dinanzi a noi. E Baruch le lesse dinanzi ad essi.And they said to him: Sitte, & reade these thinges in our eares. And Baruch redde in •h•• eares.et dixerunt ad eum: Sede, et lege hæc in auribus nostris. Et legit Baruch in auribus eorum. 16And when they had heard all the words, they looked upon one another with astonishment, and they said to Baruch: We must tell the king all these words.Avendo pertanto udite tutte quelle parole, si guardavano stupefatti l'un l'altro, e dissero a Baruch: Fa d'uopo, che noi facciam sapere al re tutto questo.Therefore when they had heard al the wordes, they were astonied euerie one toward his neighbour, and they sayd to Baruch: We must tel the king al these wordes.Igitur cum audissent omnia verba, obstupuerunt unusquisque ad proximum suum, et dixerunt ad Baruch: Nuntiare debemus regi omnes sermones istos.
17And they asked him, saying: Tell us how didst thou write all these words from his mouth.E lo interrogarono, dicendo: Racconta a noi come tu abbi raccolto dalla sua bocca tutte queste cose.And they asked him, saying: Tel vs how didest thou write al these wordes from his mouth.Et interrogaverunt eum, dicentes: Indica nobis quomodo scripsisti omnes sermones istos ex ore ejus. 18And 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.E Baruch disse loro: Egli pronunziava colla sua bocca tutte queste a parole come se le leggesse, ed io le scrivea nel libro coll'inchiostro.And Baruch sayd to them: From his mouth he spake as it were reading vnto me al these wordes: and I wrote in a volume with inke.Dixit autem eis Baruch: Ex ore suo loquebatur quasi legens ad me omnes sermones istos, et ego scribebam in volumine atramento. 19And the princes said to Baruch: Go, and hide thee, both thou and Jeremias, and let no man know where you are.E i principi dissero a Baruch: Va, e nasconditi tu, e Geremia, che nissun sappia dove voi siate.And the princes sayd to Baruch: Goe, and be hidde thou and Ieremie, and let no man know where you are.Et dixerunt principes ad Baruch: Vade, et abscondere, tu et Jeremias, et nemo sciat ubi sitis. 20And they went in to the king into the court: but they laid up the volume in the chamber of Elisama the scribe: and they told all the words in the hearing of the king.Ed essi andarono a trovar il re nell'atrio; ma il libro lo consegnarono nel gazofilacio a Elisama segretario, e riferirono al re, che gli ascoltava, tutto quel, che era avvenuto.And they went to the king into the court: moreouer they layde vp the volume in the treasurie of Elisama the scribe: and they tolde al the wordes in the hearing of the king.Et ingressi sunt ad regem in atrium: porro volumen commendaverunt in gazophylacio Elisamæ scribæ, et nuntiaverunt, audiente rege, omnes sermones. 21And the king sent Judi that he should take the volume: who bringing it out of the chamber of Elisama the scribe, read it in the hearing of the king, and of all the princes that stood about the king.E il re mandò Giudi a prendere il libro; il quale presolo dal gazofilacio di Elisama segretario, lo lesse a sentita del re, e di tutti i principi, che stavano intorno al re.And the king sent Iudi, that he should take the volume: who taking it out of the treasurie of Elisama the scribe, redde it, the king hearing, and al the princes, that stood about the king.Misitque rex Judi ut sumeret volumen: qui tollens illud de gazophylacio Elisamæ scribæ, legit, audiente rege et universis principibus qui stabant circa regem.
22Now the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month: and there was a hearth before him full of burning coals.Or il re era nell'appartamento d'inverno, essendo il nono mese; ed oravi dinanzi a lui un caldano pieno di carboni accesi.And the king sate in the winter house in the ninth moneth: and there was an hearth set before him ful of burning coles.Rex autem sedebat in domo hiemali, in mense nono, et posita erat arula coram eo plena prunis. 23And when Judi had read three or four pages, he cut it with the penknife, and he cast it into the fire, that was upon the hearth, till all the volume was consumed with the fire that was on the hearth.E dopo, che Giudi ebbe lette tre, o quattro pagine, il re tagliò il libro col temperino del segretario, e gettollo sul fuoco, che era nel caldano, facendo consumare tutto il libro dal fuoco del caldano.And when Iudi had redde three or foure pages, he cut it with the penknife of a scribe: and he cast it into the fire, that was vpon the hearth, til al the volume was consumed with the fyre, that was on the hearth.Cumque legisset Judi tres pagellas vel quatuor, scidit illud scalpello scribæ, et projecit in ignem qui erat super arulam, donec consumeretur omne volumen igni qui erat in arula. 24And the king and all his servants that heard all these words were not afraid, nor did they rend their garments.E non ebber timore, né stracciaron le loro vesti né il re, né i servi di lui, che udiron tutti tutte queste parole.And the king and al his seruants, that heard al these wordes, did not feare, nor rent their garments.Et non timuerunt, neque sciderunt vestimenta sua, rex et omnes servi ejus qui audierunt universos sermones istos. 25But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and Gamarias spoke to the king, not to burn the book: and he heard them not.Ma Elnathan, e Dalaia, e Gamaria si opposero al re, perchè non bruciasse il libro; ma egli non diede lor retta.But yet Elnathan, and Dalaias, and Gamarias gaynesaid the king, not to burne the booke: and he heard them not.Verumtamen Elnathan, et Dalaias, et Gamarias, contradixerunt regi, ne combureret librum: et non audivit eos. 26And the king commanded Jeremiel the son of Amelech, and Saraias the son of Ezriel, and Selemias the son of Abdeel, to take up Baruch the scribe, and Jeremias the prophet: but the Lord hid them.E il re ordinò a Jeremiel figliuolo di Amelech, e a Saraia figliuolo di Ezdriel, e a Selemia figliuolo di Abdeel, che prendessero Baruch segretario, e Geremia profeta: ma il Signore il nascose.And the king commanded Ieremiel the sonne of Amelech, and Saraias the sonne of Ezriel, and Selemias the sonne of Abdeel, that they should apprehend Baruch the scribe, and Ieremie the Prophet: but our Lord hid them.Et præcepit rex Jeremiel filio Amelech, et Saraiæ filio Ezriel, et Selemiæ filio Abdeel, ut comprehenderent Baruch scribam, et Jeremiam prophetam: abscondit autem eos Dominus.
27And the word of the Lord came to Jeremias the prophet, after that the king had burnt the volume, and the words that Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremias, saying:E il Signore parlò a Geremia profeta dopo, che il re ebbe bruciato il libro, e le parole scritte da Baruch a dettatura di Geremia, e disse:And the word of our Lord was made to Ieremie the Prophet, after that the king had burnt the volume and the wordes, that Baruch had written from the mouth of Ieremie, saying:Et factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam, postquam combusserat rex volumen et sermones quos scripserat Baruch ex ore Jeremiæ, dicens: 28Take thee again another volume: and write in it all the former words that were in the first volume which Joakim the king of Juda hath burnt.Prendi di nuovo un altro libro, e scrivi in esso tutte le parole, che eran già nel primo libro bruciato da Joachim I re di Giuda;Againe take an other volume: and write in it al the former wordes, that were in the first volume, which Ioakim the king of Iuda hath burnt.Rursum tolle volumen aliud, et scribe in eo omnes sermones priores qui erant in primo volumine, quod combussit Joakim rex Juda. 29And thou shalt say to Joakim the king of Juda: Thus saith the Lord: Thou hast burnt that volume, saying: Why hast thou written therein, and said: The king of Babylon shall come speedily, and shall lay waste this land: and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?E a Joachim re di Giuda dirai: Queste cose dice il Signore: Tu hai bruciato quel libro, dicendo: Perchè hai tu scritto in esso questa predizione: Verrà con prestezza il re di Babilonia, e devasterà questa terra, e ne sterminerà uomini, e giumenti?And to Ioakim the king of Iuda thou shalt say: Thus saith our Lord: Thou hast burnt that volume, saying: Why hast thou written in it telling: The king of Babylon wil come in hast, and wil waste this land: and he wil make man and beast, to cease out of it?Et ad Joakim regem Juda dices: Hæc dicit Dominus: Tu combussisti volumen illud, dicens: Quare scripsisti in eo annuntians: Festinus veniet rex Babylonis, et vastabit terram hanc, et cessare faciet ex illa hominem et jumentum ? 30Therefore thus saith the Lord against Joakim the king of Juda: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day, and to the frost by night.Per questo così parla il Signore contro Joachim re di Giuda: Non sarà de' suoi posteri chi segga sul trono di David: e il suo cadavere sarà gettato al caldo del giorno, e al gelo della notte.Therefore thus saith our Lord against Ioakim the king of Iuda: There shal not be of him to sitte vpon the throne of Dauid: and his carcasse shal be cast forth to the heate by day, and to the frost by night.Propterea hæc dicit Dominus contra Joakim regem Juda: Non erit ex eo qui sedeat super solium David: et cadaver ejus projicietur ad æstum per diem, et ad gelu per noctem.
31And I will punish him, and his seed and his servants, for their iniquities, and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Juda all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they have not heard.E visiterò lui, e la sua stirpe, e suoi servi per le loro iniquità: e farò cadere sopra di essi, e sopra gli abitanti di Gerusalemme, e sopra gli uomini di Giuda tutto il male, che io ho loro annunziato; perchè non mi hanno ascoltato.And I wil visite against him, and against his seede, and against his seruants their iniquities, and I wil bring vpon them, and vpon the inhabitants of Ierusalem, and vpon the men of Iuda al the euil, that I haue spoken to them: and they haue not heard.Et visitabo contra eum, et contra semen ejus, et contra servos ejus, iniquitates suas: et adducam super eos, et super habitatores Jerusalem, et super viros Juda, omne malum quod locutus sum ad eos, et non audierunt. 32And Jeremias took another volume, and gave it to Baruch the son of Nerias the scribe: who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim the king of Juda had burnt with fire: and there were added besides many more words than had been before.E Geremia prese un altro libro, e diello a Baruch figliuolo di Neria segretario, il quale vi scrisse a dettatura di Geremia le parole tutte del libro bruciato da Joachim re di Giuda; e vi furono aggiunti molti ragionamenti di più, che non v'erano per l'avanti.And Ieremie tooke an other volume, and gaue it to Baruch the sonne of Nerias the scribe: who wrote in it from the mouth of Ieremie al the wordes of the booke, which Ioakim the king of Iuda had burnt with fire: and there were added moreouer manie moe wordes, then had bene before.Jeremias autem tulit volumen aliud, et dedit illud Baruch filio Neriæ scribæ: qui scripsit in eo ex ore Jeremiæ omnes sermones libri quem combusserat Joakim rex Juda igni: et insuper additi sunt sermones multo plures quam antea fuerant.
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Year of the World 3398, Year before Christ 606.
Fourth, towards the conclusion, after the siege was raised, ver. 6, 9.
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Calmet
Write. He had already prophesied 22 years. Now he was more frequently ordered to write. (Calmet)
He executed the order by the hand of Baruch, ver. 4.
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If. This indicates free-will. (Haydock)
God makes this last effort, that the hearing of so many separate prophecies together might make a deeper impression.
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Calmet
Book. This was afterwards burnt. What he wrote a second time has not come down to us, in the same order. Jeremias made use of his memory, which was directed by the Holy Spirit. (Calmet)
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Challoner
Shut up. Not that the prophet was now in prison; for the contrary appears from ver. 19., but that he kept himself shut up, by reason of the persecutions he had lately met with. See Jeremias 26. (Challoner)
Calmet
If he had been confined, as Grotius asserts, the king would easily have found him. (Calmet)
Worthington
He and Baruch retired to some secret place, as most priests (Worthington) did formerly in England, (Haydock) that they might better exercise their functions than they could do in the hands of the persecutors. (Worthington)
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Read. This may sometimes have as good an effect as preaching without a book. (Haydock)
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Haydock
They. Literally, "their supplication may fall prostrate before," etc. (Haydock)
Calmet
It is personified. So Homer represents (Calmet) "supplications," as daughters of Jupiter, lame, and with eyes averted, (Iliad ix.) to shew how we ought to pray. Jeremias finds means to instruct the people: the word of God is not bound, 2 Timothy 2:9. (Calmet)
Worthington
As many refused to hear his discourses, God ordered him to write what might be a perpetual warning and reproach, or testimony against them. (Worthington)
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Fast. Probably on account of the catastrophe the second year, Daniel 1:2. Many such were afterwards appointed, Zacharias 7:3., and 8:19. All came to Jerusalem on such occasions.
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Gate, on the east, (2 Paralipomenon 20:5.) leading to the court of the priests. (Calmet)
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Haydock
Reading. No study was requisite. (Haydock)
Ink. It formerly resembled that used by printers, (Calmet) being composed of soot and gum. (Vitruvius 7:10.)
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Are. Thus they provide for the safety of the prophets, and perform their duty to the king.
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Read it. This was the third time. It was in vain afterwards to destroy the book.
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Winter-house. He was very magnificent, and had other apartments for summer. Though the climate was warm, fires would be useful in November.
Calmet
Hearth. There was no chimney used, and the smoke went out by the door, or by holes at the top of the room, as we see in some old monasteries. (Calmet)
Charcoal was probably used, Baruch 6:42.
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Haydock
Pages. Perhaps what was written on so many skins, (Haydock) or sheets of paper, pasted together, and rolled up; or there might be some marks to shew the different subjects, like the sections used in the synagogue, (Calmet) or our chapters; though we are assured that all was formerly written without any separation even of letters. Protestants have "leaves." (Haydock)
Worthington
Hebrew, "doors." (Calmet) The secretary cut and burnt the leaves by the king's order, ver. 25. (Worthington)
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Afraid. They saw all without any concern, not believing that God spoke to them. They did not imitate Josias, 2 Paralipomenon 34:19.
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Calmet
Hid them, and prevented any one from betraying them. (Calmet)
Worthington
He did not remove them to a place different from what they had chosen by his direction. (Worthington)
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Worthington
None, etc. Because his son, Joachin or Jechonias, within three months after the death of his father, was carried away to Babylon, so that his reign is not worthy to be taken notice of. (Challoner) (Theodoret) (Worthington)
Calmet
He was subject to the Chaldeans; his uncle took his place. Joakim had the burial of an ass, Jeremias 12:18. (Calmet)
Worthington
None of the following princes enjoyed the glory or power of the ancient king. (St. Thomas Aquinas, [Summa Theologiae] p. 3. qu. 31. a. 2.) (Worthington)
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Before. We cannot tell what. (Calmet)
Haydock
Protestants, "many like words." (Haydock)
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Shut up.... Not that the prophet was now in prison; for the contrary appears from ver. 19, but that he kept himself shut up, by reason of the persecutions he had lately met with. See chap. 26.
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He shall have none, etc.... Because his son Joachin or Jechonias, within three months after the death of his father, was carried away to Babylon, so that his reign is not worthy of notice.
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Besides preaching, which the euil disposed did either not duly regard, or quickly forget, God commanded that his wil should also be written, for a perpetual admonition, if they would read it, or heare it redde, and for a testimonie against them, and a warning to others.
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He was not now in prison; for (v. 19.) certaine noble men of the court aduised both Baruch and him to hide themselues; but kept himself close in some secret place; as most Priestes do now in England, that they may better exercise their function, then if they were in the persecutors handes.
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The secretarie cut out the leaues and burnt them by the kings commandment: as appeareth. v. 25. &c.
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God did not translate them to an other place, but they hyding themselues by Gods direction, the searchers could not finde them.
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His sonne Iechonias reigned but three monethes: which is counted as no reigne. Theodoret.
Concordance Ch. 22. v. 19.
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Nor anie of his issue in wordlie glorie, as their predecessors had reigned. S. Tho. p. 3. q. 3•. a. 2. ad. 3.
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St John Chrysostom † AD 407 The Homilies of St. John Chrysostom 9
And what manner of prophet said this? Be not curious, nor overbusy. For many of the prophetic writings have been lost; and this one may see from the history of the Chronicles. For being negligent, and continually falling into ungodliness, some they suffered to perish, others they themselves burnt up and cut to pieces. The latter fact Jeremiah relates;
St Jerome † AD 420 The Letters of St. Jerome 31.2
… But to give you, too, a sprinkling of pepper and to remind you of my former letter, I send you to-day this three-fold warning. Cease not to adorn yourself with good works—the true bracelets of a Christian woman. Rend not the letter written on your heart as the profane king cut with his penknife that delivered to him by Baruch.
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Letters of St. Augustin 51.1
… Therefore, if you please, let us weigh the question in the light of the present, and let the past alone. You are doubtless aware that in the Jewish dispensation the sin of idolatry was committed by the people, and once the book of the prophet of God was burned by a defiant king;
St Augustine of Hippo † AD 430 Letters of St. Augustin 76.4
4. If the surrendering of the sacred books to destruction is a crime which, in the case of the king who burned the book of Jeremiah, God punished with death as a prisoner of war,
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St Irenaeus of Lyons † AD 202 Against Heresies 3.21.9
… and his dead body shall be cast out in the heat of day, and in the frost of night. And I will look upon him, and upon his sons, and will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, upon the land of Judah, all the evils that I have pronounced against them.”
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1. And it came to pass in the fourth year (of the reign) of Joakim, after Joakim, having made peace with Nabuchodonosor, had returned from Babylon, but not so securely, that the Jews still did not fear the return of Nabuchodonosor; whence to avert him they proclaimed a fast, verse 6.
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2. Volume, in Hebrew מגלד megilla, signifies a rolling up; for formerly a book, like a geographical map, was as it were a single membrane made from various membranes sewn together, which was rolled up into a cylinder; for this is the Hebrew megilla, and the Latin volumen. You will say: How then did it have pages or leaves, as is said in verse 23? I answer first: Pages are called either the individual membranes sewn together one after another, so that one long and wide membrane is made; or individual wrappings, or parts rolled up in the cylinder, which were individually unrolled and unfolded in order so that they could be read. Whence for page in Hebrew is דלתות delatot, that is doors, gates, that is openings, unfoldings, unrolled turns. Second, by pages can be understood paragraphs, or chapters, into which the book was divided, according to the distinction and diversity of matter, for instance of oracles described in it. Third, Sanchez holds the opinion that this book had a different form than a volume commonly had in former times, namely a square one, so that in it pages would be distinctly arranged, as happens in our books. For the use of these is gathered to have existed even then from what Josephus writes, in book XII of the Antiquities, chapter 5, concerning letters of the Lacedaemonians given to Onias the high priest, in which at the end these things are read: "Demoteles is he who delivered these letters to you written on a square page, and sealed with the seal of an eagle holding a dragon in its talons." But these letters were instruments of public friendship and covenant. The sum of the scripture of this book was, as is evident, verse 29: "Behold, the king of Babylon shall come speedily, and shall lay waste this land, and shall cause to cease out of it man and beast." This book therefore was either a compendium of all the prophecies of Jeremiah, or certainly the book of the prophecy of Jeremiah itself from chapter 1 up to this point. Thus Sanchez. For this is plainly signified by the words of God saying: "Thou shalt write in it all the words that I have spoken to thee, etc., from the days of Josias until this day." Whence it is evident that Jeremiah from the thirteenth year of Josias, in which he began to prophesy, until the fourth year of Joakim, who is named here, for twenty-two years, did not write his oracles, or rather did write them indeed on various sheets, but did not arrange them into one book and volume. Wherefore God here commands him to do this: because in this fourth year of Joakim, Nabuchodonosor began to reign, who was about to fulfill these oracles, and to lay waste the Jews and other nations.
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4. Jeremiah therefore called Baruch, so that he himself, as it were a scribe, would write this volume while Jeremiah dictated, either because Jeremiah wrote less elegantly and formed poor characters, as Sanchez wishes: or because Jeremiah was wholly intent on conceiving and dictating the prophecy: or because shut up in a dark prison, he could not see to write: or because this work was long; for the entire prophecy of Jeremiah had to be written down.
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5. I am shut up — in prison by King Joakim fearing that, if he should let me go free, I would strike down and break the spirits of the people with my sad oracles. Thus Theodoret, Rabanus, Thomas, Lyra. Or because I wished to read the book to them, hence I was imprisoned by them. Thus Lyra and Dionysius. Yet from there, lest the king should kill him, he was sent out by the princes so that he might hide himself, verse 19. Second, more plainly others translate the Hebrew עצור atsur as, I am detained, I am prohibited, namely either by King Joakim, as Sanchez wishes; or by the Spirit of God, from entering the temple and reading the book, lest I be killed there. Thus Vatable, Pagninus, de Castro and Maldonatus. Hence it is evident that Prophets sometimes prophesied by word, sometimes by writing, sometimes and commonly in both ways. For the written letter cannot be killed, again it does not blush, finally it is transmitted to the absent and to posterity. On which account there exists an elegant riddle of Antiphanès the Greek poet: Nature preserving infants is a woman in her arms. They are mute, but can send forth the voice begotten Through all the ways of earth, and through the waves of the sea, To whom it wishes an absent mortal may be allowed to hear: And to whom also the sense of hearing is deaf. Which Sappho the poetess thus explains: A woman's nature is a letter, which carries infants around, letters which, though mute, yet speak to those who are far away, to whom she wishes: but no one, not even a neighbor, hears the one reading it: wherefore letters seem equally deaf and mute: mute to the reader, deaf to the bystander. Again from this scripture it is clear how ancient was the use of writing with pen and ink among the Hebrews.
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6. On the day of fasting. — Note, verse 9, this fasting was proclaimed before this command of Jeremiah, and it was to appease God and turn away the Chaldeans; for it was in the ninth month, as is said in verse 9, in which up to that time no fasting had been proclaimed either by God or by the Synagogue, as is evident from the Menology of the Hebrews in Genebrard. After, however, on account of this book of Jeremiah being burned, the Jews proclaimed an annual fast on the seventh day of the ninth month, as is evident from the said Menology. Wherefore some less correctly understand by the day of fasting the feast of expiation, on which fasting was proclaimed to all under penalty of death, which was celebrated on the tenth day of the seventh month, Leviticus xxiii, 27. 7. If perhaps it fall. — Note: For a prayer to fall in the sight of the Lord is for it to be acceptable to the Lord, and by it to move God to hear. Whence in the following chapter, verse 19, Our Interpreter renders this Hebrew phrase: "Let my supplication prevail in thy sight." Thus the Chaldean, St. Thomas and Dionysius. But because this book is read to the people that they may be converted and pray to God, therefore it pleases: hence better Maldonatus, Sanchez, Hugo and Vatablus thus explain it, if it fall, that is if perhaps the Jews, terrified and struck with compunction by the threats of the destruction which God intends through the Chaldeans, are converted to the Lord, that they humble, prostrate and deeply cast down themselves and their prayers, that as suppliants they may seek pardon from God. With a similar phrase Jeremiah says, chapter xxxviii, 26: "I prostrated my prayers before the king." Whence it follows here: "And let every one return from his evil way." Similar is Daniel ix, 17. See here what the threats of Jeremiah and the preachers are wont to do: namely, threats are as it were medicines, by which the humours of sinners being stirred up are expelled.
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9. In the fifth year of Joakim, etc., they proclaimed a fast (by the public voice of a herald they proclaimed a fast) in the sight of the Lord, that is in the temple, namely that all should fast "in the sight of the Lord," that is bowing themselves and praying before the sight of the Lord, as he said in verse 7: "If perhaps their prayer fall in the sight of the Lord." Thus Maldonatus. Note: This fast was proclaimed in the fifth year of Joakim, as is here said. Therefore it was proclaimed after the siege of Jerusalem and its devastation, which happened in the fourth year of Joakim, in which the king Joakim himself with many of the inhabitants of Jerusalem, being captured, was carried away into Babylon; but promising fidelity to Nebuchadnezzar and tribute for the future, soon in the same year, as it appears, the king was released in Jerusalem: where immediately he returned to his former nature and shook off the yoke of the Chaldeans. For this reason, at the admonition of God, Jeremiah ordered Baruch to write down the book of his oracles, and to read it to the king and the nobles, that they might conduct themselves modestly and submit themselves by the faith given to the Chaldeans; otherwise they would bring upon themselves, the city and the kingdom destruction, as indeed happened. Furthermore, the proclamation of this fast preceded the reading of the book, by which namely Baruch read to the princes the oracles and threats of Jeremiah, as is evident from what follows. For which reason this fast was not proclaimed to turn away these threats and the Chaldeans; but rather as a sign of public mourning; because in the preceding year the city had been captured and plundered by the Chaldeans, and many vessels of the temple together with the king and the nobles had been carried away into Babylon. This calamity therefore they mourned with this public and solemn fast; by which however at the same time they prayed that God would henceforth turn away such a calamity from them, and would not suffer the city again with his temple to be thus polluted and devastated by the uncircumcised.
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12. To the chamber (that is room: see what is said in the preceding chapter, verses 2 and 4) of the scribe, that is secretary, or, as Vatablus, of the royal chancellor. 16. They were astonished each at his neighbour, being astonished they looked at one another.
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18. From his mouth he spoke as if reading. He dictated to me promptly and expeditiously, as if he had read it from a book. By these words Baruch signifies that these words were not premeditated by Jeremiah, nor sought out, but suggested by the Holy Spirit, so that he could say with David, Psalm xliv, 2: "My tongue is the pen of a scribe that writeth swiftly." Thus Maldonatus. Jeremiah therefore here dictated all his oracles without a book and as it were restored them; as many think, though falsely, that Ezra dictated and restored the Holy Scripture burned in the destruction.
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19. Go, and hide thyself and Jeremiah. The nobles counsel this to them because they knew the nature and counsel of King Joakim, who, being arrogant and not bearing to submit himself to the Chaldean, hated Jeremiah advising him, nay commanding him from the mouth of God, that he submit himself to him. Therefore, lest Joakim, indignant at them again singing submission, should punish them with prison or death, they counsel them flight and hiding places.
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22. Now the king sat, in Hebrew יושב iosheb, that is dwelt, in the house, in which he was wont to dwell during winter: for it was the ninth month, that is November. And a brazier was set, a hearth, or a receptacle of coals, by which the king was wont to warm himself. Thus the Septuagint and the Chaldean.
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23. Pages, that is, rolls unrolled in the unrolling of the volume, or of the book rolled up, as I said verse 2. Moreover he says "three or four," because he had read three, and had begun the fourth; and because he speaks as common people are accustomed to speak. He cut it (namely the king Joakim himself, as is evident from verses 27 and 29, seized with fury) with the scribe's penknife, that is, with a writing knife. Thus Hugo, St. Thomas, Lyranus and Vatablus. The Hebrews are mistaken, thinking this book to be the Lamentations of Jeremiah; for this book contained threats of future destruction: but the Lamentations contain lamentations of destruction that had passed.
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24. And they were not afraid, neither rent their garments (as if to say, They showed no fear and horror by rending their garments: it is a hendiadys): the king (who had rent and burned the book: he especially ought to have repented of this deed and fury) and all his servants. For it was the custom among the Hebrews that in blasphemy and injury to God, all who heard would rend their garments, so that by this very act they would detest and curse the injury to God. For it was a grave injury to God to rend and burn His book and oracles; wherefore posterity on account of this rent book appointed a public and annual fast, as I said above. Thus Josias, the father of Joakim, "when he heard the words of the book of the law of the Lord, rent his garments," IV Kings xxii. Indeed even the impious Achab did the same, III Kings xxi.
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26. But the Lord hid them, namely in the same place to which they had fled to hide: for example, in the house of some good and pious man: there indeed God protected them, and turned aside and diverted the imagination or eyes of those seeking them elsewhere, so that they would not come to that place, and would not find Jeremiah with Baruch. Thus the Chaldean, Rabanus and Hugo. Thus Christ hid Himself, John viii, not by fleeing, but by making Himself invisible, as Theophylactus, Euthymius, Lyranus, Maldonatus and others say there. Otherwise, St. Thomas, who thinks that God here by miracle hid Jeremiah and Baruch, either by transferring them to hiding places, as He transferred Elijah; or by holding or blinding their eyes, so that they would not see Jeremiah and Baruch. Jeremiah was here a type of Christ, who, sought by the Jews unto death, hid Himself, and passing through the midst of them went, indeed at the end of His life withdrew into the city of Ephrem, John xi, 54, because His hour had not yet come. Not of Juda; and consequently they were not of the stock of Joakim. And his dead body shall be cast out in the heat by day, and in the frost by night, as if to say, Joakim shall be killed by the Chaldeans, and his unburied body shall be cast out, so that it may rot in a public place. This is the infamous burial of an ass, which was foretold to him in chapter xxii. Excellently Aristides, oration against Eteon, vol. I: "While," he says, "death is equally proposed to all, yet that a man, having obtained the most glorious things, should die gloriously, and be hateful neither to gods nor to men, is not granted to all, but to very few indeed." He adds to this a spur: because our life is short, so that even if you reckon the years of Nestor, it is the smallest part of eternity, indeed nothing.
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29. He shall come hastily. In Hebrew בא יבא bo iabo, that is, coming he shall come, that is, coming on his way he shall not delay; but swiftly like an eagle he shall fly, his coming shall be preceded by rumor, he shall be at your gates before you hear that he has departed from Babylon. Vatablus translates it, he shall come most certainly. He shall cause to cease, he shall kill or take away men and beasts.
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30. There shall not be of him one that shall sit, namely for a long time and absolutely: for his son Joachin reigned only three months, and therefore is reckoned as if he had not reigned. Thus Theodoret. But the descendants of Joachin were not kings, but leaders of the people. Some of the Maccabees were kings; but these were of the tribe of Levi, not of Juda; and consequently they were not of the stock of Joakim.
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31. And they hearkened not, that is, because they did not hearken, that is, they did not obey the commands and oracles of God given through Jeremiah. 32. Many more words were added, than had been before. In Hebrew, many words were added, like those former ones, that is, threatening. Thus the Septuagint, the Chaldean, Vatablus and others.
Machine translation from the Latin, not reviewed.
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Hic primo ponitur Scripturae descriptio; secundo Scripturae destructio, ibi, rex autem sedebat in domo hyemali; tertio restauratio, ibi, et factum est verbum domini ad Jeremiam. Circa primum tria. Primo ponit scribendi praeceptum: tolle volumen. Habac. 2: scribe visum, et explana eum super tabulas, ut percurrat qui legerit eum.
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Secundo ponit Scripturae fructum: si forte audiente domo Juda. Ezech. 33: si impius egerit poenitentiam ab omnibus peccatis suis quae operatus est, et custodierit omnia praecepta mea, et fecerit judicium et justitiam; vita vivet et non morietur.
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Tertio Scripturae ministrum: vocavit ergo Jeremias Baruch. Apoc. 1: quod vides scribe in libro, et mitte septem Ecclesiis quae sunt in Asia.
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Hic primo ponitur denuntiatio ad plebem; secundo ad principes, ibi, cumque audisset Michaeas; tertio ad regem, ibi, igitur cum audissent omnia verba. Circa primum primo ponitur denuntiandi praeceptum: ego clausus sum. 2 Tim. 2: labora sicut bonus miles Christi Jesu. Phil. 1: ut plures e fratribus in domino, confidentes in vinculis meis, abundantius auderent sine timore verbum Dei loqui. Secundo ponitur denuntiandi modus quantum ad locum, in domo domini, qui est locus devotionis. Isa. 56: domus mea domus orationis vocabitur cunctis populis, ait dominus Deus. Quantum ad tempus, in die jejunii, quod est tempus contritionis. Isa. 58: nonne hoc est magis jejunium quod elegi? Dissolve colligationes impietatis, solve fasciculos deprimentes. Dimitte eos qui confracti sunt, liberos, et omne onus disrumpe. Frange esurienti panem tuum et egenos, vagosque induc in domum tuam. Cum videris nudum, operi eum, et carnem tuam ne despexeris. Quantum ad audientes, audiente populo.
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Quantum ad advenas: insuper et audiente universo Juda, qui veniunt de civitatibus suis. Tertio ponit denuntiationis fructum, ponens utilitatem: si forte cadat oratio eorum in conspectu domini, idest acceptetur.
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Et consequentem sanctitatem: et revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima, quoniam magnus furor, et indignatio est. 4 Reg. 2: magna ira domini succensa est contra nos, quia non audierunt patres nostri verba libri hujus, ut facerent omne quod scriptum est nobis.
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Quarto ponitur praecepti complementum quantum ad actum: et fecit Baruch. Hebr. ult.: obedite praepositis vestris, et subjacete eis. Quantum ad tempus.
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Factum est autem in anno quinto Joakim. Joel 2: sanctificate Ecclesiam, coadunate senes, congregate parvulos et sugentes ubera.
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Quantum ad locum: legitque Baruch (...) in introitu portae novae, quam fecerat Joas. 2 Paral. 27: in vestibulo superiori, idest in superiori parte atrii, in quo sacerdotes immolabant. 2 Esdrae 9: legerunt in volumine domini Dei sui quater in die, et quater in nocte.
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Hic ponitur denuntiatio ad principes: et primo ponitur de Scriptura prophetiae, facta significatio ad principes: et nuntiavit eis Michaeas. Apoc. ult.: qui audit dicat: veni.
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Secundo Scripturae petitio: miserunt itaque omnes principes ad Baruch (...) dicentes volumen ex quo legisti populo sume in manu tua: mystice, in operatione. Eccle. 9: quodcumque potest facere manus tua, instanter operare: quia nec opus, nec ratio, nec sapientia, nec scientia erunt apud Inferos, quo tu properas. Apportatio, tulit ergo.
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Tertio ponitur Scripturae recitatio: et dixerunt ad eum: sede, et lege haec in auribus nostris. Act. 20: non enim subterfugi quominus annuntiarem omne consilium Dei vobis.
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Et lectionis effectus: igitur cum audissent omnia verba, obstupuerunt. Supra 23: numquid non verba mea sunt quasi ignis ardens, dicit dominus, et quasi malleus conterens petras?
Hic ponitur denuntiatio ad regem et primo ponitur denuntiationis praeparatio: exponunt enim denuntiandi propositum: nuntiare debemus: quia ipse potest peccata populi corrigere. Proverb. 20: rex qui sedet in solio judicii, dissipat omne malum intuitu suo.
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Perscrutantur editionis modum: unde primo ponitur quaestio: et interrogaverunt eum, dicentes: indica nobis quomodo scripsisti omnes sermones istos ex ore ejus; ut ex modo scirent, utrum divino spiritu edita Scriptura esset. 1 Joan. 4: nolite omni spiritui credere, sed probate spiritus an ex Deo sint: quoniam multi pseudoprophetae exierunt in mundum.
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Et ponitur responsio: dixit autem Baruch: ex ore suo loquebatur quasi legens, sine impedimento et praemeditatione. Matth. 10: nolite cogitare quomodo, aut quid loquamini, dabitur enim vobis in illa hora quid loquamini: non enim vos estis qui loquimini, sed spiritus patris vestri qui loquitur in vobis. Supra 1: ecce dedi verba mea in ore tuo, et cetera. Et datum absconsionis consilium, abscondere, timentes de pertinacia et crudelitate regis. 3 Reg. 18: numquid non indicatum est tibi domino meo quid fecerim, cum interficeret Jezabel prophetas domini, quod absconderim de prophetis domini centum viros, quinquagenos, et quinquagenos in speluncis, et paverim eos pane et aqua? Et nunc tu dicis: vade et dic domino tuo: adest Elias, ut interficiat me? Secundo ponitur denuntiatio: et ingressi sunt. Sapient. 6: ad vos ergo, o reges, sunt hi sermones mei, ut discatis sapientiam, ne excidatis.
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Tertio ponitur Scripturae recitatio: misitque rex Judi; Job 29: cumque sederem quasi rex circumstante exercitu, eram tamen maerentium consolator.
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Hic ponitur Scripturae destructio: et circa hoc duo. Primo ponitur Scripturae destructio; secundo scribentium persecutio, ibi, et praecepit rex Jeremiel. Circa primum tria. Primo ponitur dispositio ad destructionem: posita erat arula coram eo plena prunis in domo hyemali: habebat enim propter delicias domos speciales ad hyemem et aestatem. Amos 3: percutiam domum hyemalem cum domo aestiva, et peribunt domus eburneae, et dissipabuntur aedes multae.
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Secundo ponitur destructio: cumque legisset Judi tres pagellas, parvas paginas, scalpello, cultello, quo parabat pennam. Isa. 30: auferte a me viam, declinate a me semitam, cesset a facie vestra sanctus Israel. Et sic fecerunt quod facere non debuerunt, omiserunt etiam quod facere debuerunt. Et non timuerunt, exemplo Josiae. 4 Reg. 32: cum audisset rex verba libri legis, scidit vestimenta sua, et cetera.
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Tertio ponitur principum contradictio: verumtamen Elnathan, et Dalajas, et Gamarias contradixerunt regi. Simile 2 Reg. ult.: obtinuit sermo regis verba Joab, et principum ejus, et cetera.
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Hic ponitur scribentium persecutio: et primo ponitur iniquum praeceptum, ut comprehenderent; secundo ponitur divinum auxilium: abscondit autem eos dominus; et fecit quod inveniri non possent. Psalm. 33: custodit dominus omnia ossa eorum, unum ex his non conteretur.
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Hic ponitur Scripturae restauratio: et primo ponitur restaurandi praeceptum, rursum tolle. Supra 1: pugnabunt adversum te, et non praevalebunt, quia ego tecum sum, ait dominus, ut liberem te.
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Secundo destruenti comminatur interitum, ibi, et ad Joakim regem Juda dices. Unde arguit culpam: tu combussisti. Prov. 29: viro qui corripientem dura cervice contemnit, repentinus ei superveniet interitus, et eum sanitas non sequetur.
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Et comminatur poenam: propterea haec dicit dominus: regalis successionis terminationem: non erit ex eo qui sedeat super solium David. Supra 22: non erit de semine ejus vir qui sedeat super solium David, et potestatem habeat ultra in Juda. Cadaveris abjectionem: cadaver ejus projicietur, sepultura asini. Isa. 14: tu autem projectus es de sepulcro tuo quasi stirps inutilis, pollutus et obvolutus, cum his qui interfecti sunt gladio, et descenderunt usque ad fundamenta laci. Subditorum destructionem quantum ad domesticos: visitabo contra eum et contra semen ejus. Psalm. 88: visitabo in virga iniquitates eorum, et in verberibus peccata eorum.
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Et quantum ad alios: et adducam super eos, et super habitatores Jerusalem, et super viros Juda omne malum. Isa. 43: ego dominus, et non est alter, formans lucem et creans tenebras, faciens pacem et creans malum. Ego dominus faciens omnia haec.
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Tertio ponit praecepti complementum: Jeremias autem tulit volumen aliud. Sap. 7: sapientia autem vincit malitiam.
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Jeremias (Hebrew Yirmeyāh[â] = "Yahweh Exalts or Establishes")
… Podechard supposes that the first part contains substantially what was written in the "scroll" of 605 (Jer. 36, 1 ff.). …
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… "Benedetto"). - Son of Neriah, secretary of Jeremiah (v.), whose oracles he wrote down, and his faithful companion during the siege of Jerusalem (Jer. 32:12-16; 36:4-32; 43:3). For his fidelity to the great prophet, God assured him of special protection (Jer. 45:5). After the murder of Gedaliah (v.), he followed Jeremiah into Egypt (Jer. 43:6). …
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… 5-8). Almost at the center of this area the "Dome of the Rock" (mosque of 'Omar) today covers the bare rock on which was placed "the altar of burnt offerings"; a little further west was "the house of Yahweh" in the midst of vast courts (I Kings 6, 36; Jer. 36, 10). South of the esplanade where the mosque el-Aqṣā stands today were the royal palace, the palace for Solomon's daughter, the government quarter with the administrative offices and …
… by a wall built with 3 courses of stone and one course of cedar wood (ibid. 8, 64; 6, 36; II Chron. 27, 3). It had no gates except on the west (the high gate on the east; II Chron. 27, 3). There were rooms for various uses (I Chron. 9, 33; Jer. 35, 4; 36, 10). The measurements of the courts are not given.
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Elisama (Heb. 'Elīlāmā' "God Hears")
5. Scribe of King Jehoiakim; in his chamber the scroll of the prophecies of Jeremiah was placed before speaking of it to the king (Jer. 36:12, 20 ff.).
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Nathania (Hebrew: Netanyah and Netanyahu = «Gift of Yahweh»)
… ff.; 41:1-18); he was of the royal family, of the tribe of Judah. 2. Son of Shealtiel, one of the ancestors of Judith (Judith 8:1, Vulgate); in the Septuagint he is called Nathanael. 3. Son of Shelemiah and father of Jehudi, among the princes of Judah (Jer. 36:14). 4. Third son of Asaph, a musician in the Temple, a contemporary of David; he was the head of the fifth division (I Chron. 25:2, 12). 5. One of the Levites sent by King Jehoshaphat, …
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Notable is the literary and theological dependence of G. on Jeremiah: the prophet of the nations was the principal source of the author of G. (cf. 1:14 = Jer. 36:15; 3 = Jer. 36; 3:8 = Jer. 18:11; 23:22; 3:10b = Jer. 18:7 f.). The verses of the canticle are reminiscences of the Psalter. …
36:26
3. Prince of royal stock to whom Jehoiakim entrusted the arrest of Baruch and Jeremiah (Jer. 36:26; Vulg. …
3. A prominent figure at the court of Jehoiakim (Jer. 36:26).
Douay-Rheims (Challoner) · Vulgata Clementina · original Douay-Rheims (Douay 1609-10), transcription by EEBO-TCP (CC0) · La Sacra Bibbia, tradotta dalla Volgata da Antonio Martini (1769-1781) (LaParola (laparola.net), Martini OSIS text, Public domain (LaParola's electronic edition marks it 'Dominio pubblico')). Public domain.