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Jeremiah 36:5

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord 's temple.

Bible Study Resources

Concordances:

- Nave's Topical Bible - Baruch;   Church;   Jeremiah;   Torrey's Topical Textbook - Scribes;  

Dictionaries:

- American Tract Society Bible Dictionary - Gemariah;   Jehoiakim;   Baker Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology - Apocrypha;   Easton Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Fausset Bible Dictionary - Baruch;   Elishama;   Holman Bible Dictionary - Jeremiah;   Neriah;   Hastings' Dictionary of the Bible - Baruch;   Government;   Greek Versions of Ot;   Jehoiakim;   Morrish Bible Dictionary - Baruch ;   The Hawker's Poor Man's Concordance And Dictionary - Baruch;  

Devotionals:

- Every Day Light - Devotion for October 30;  

Parallel Translations

Christian Standard Bible®
Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the Lord,
Hebrew Names Version
Yirmeyahu commanded Barukh, saying, I am shut up; I can't go into the house of the LORD:
King James Version
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord :
English Standard Version
And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am banned from going to the house of the Lord ,
New American Standard Bible
Jeremiah then commanded Baruch, saying, "I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the LORD.
New Century Version
Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, "I cannot go to the Temple of the Lord . I must stay here.
Amplified Bible
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am [in hiding, virtually] restrained; I cannot go into the house of the LORD.
World English Bible
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I can't go into the house of Yahweh:
Geneva Bible (1587)
And Ieremiah commaunded Baruch, saying, I am shut vp, and can not go into the House of the Lord.
Legacy Standard Bible
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am confined; I cannot go into the house of Yahweh.
Berean Standard Bible
Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, "I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the LORD;
Contemporary English Version
Then I said, Baruch, the officials refuse to let me go into the Lord 's temple,
Complete Jewish Bible
Then Yirmeyahu gave this order to Barukh: "I am not allowed to enter the house of Adonai .
Darby Translation
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up, I cannot go into the house of Jehovah; but go thou in,
Easy-to-Read Version
Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, "I cannot go to the Lord 's Temple. I am not allowed to go there.
George Lamsa Translation
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot enter into the house of the LORD;
Good News Translation
Then I gave Baruch the following instructions: "I am no longer allowed to go into the Temple.
Lexham English Bible
And Jeremiah instructed Baruch, saying, "I am held back, I am not able to enter the temple of Yahweh.
Literal Translation
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go to the house of Jehovah.
Miles Coverdale Bible (1535)
And Ieremy commaunded Baruch sayenge: I am in preson, so that I maye not come in to the house of ye LORDE:
American Standard Version
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:
Bible in Basic English
And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:
JPS Old Testament (1917)
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: 'I am detained, I cannot go into the house of the LORD;
King James Version (1611)
And Ieremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut vp, I cannot goe into the house of the Lord.
Bishop's Bible (1568)
And Ieremie commaunded Baruch, saying: I am in prison, so that I may not come into the house of the Lorde:
Brenton's Septuagint (LXX)
Build ye houses, and inhabit them; and plant gardens, and eat the fruits thereof;
English Revised Version
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
Wycliffe Bible (1395)
And Jeremye comaundide to Baruk, and seide, Y am closid, and Y may not entre in to the hous of the Lord.
Update Bible Version
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I can't go into the house of Yahweh:
Webster's Bible Translation
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
New King James Version
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD.
New Living Translation
Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, "I am a prisoner here and unable to go to the Temple.
New Life Bible
Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, "I am shut up here and cannot go into the house of the Lord.
New Revised Standard
And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am prevented from entering the house of the Lord ;
J.B. Rotherham Emphasized Bible
Then did Jeremiah command Baruch, saying, - I, am hindered, I cannot enter the house of Yahweh;
Douay-Rheims Bible
And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying: I am shut up, and cannot go into the house of the Lord.
Revised Standard Version
And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, "I am debarred from going to the house of the LORD;
Young's Literal Translation
And Jeremiah commandeth Baruch, saying, `I am restrained, I am not able to enter the house of Jehovah;
THE MESSAGE
Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I'm blacklisted. I can't go into God 's Temple, so you'll have to go in my place. Go into the Temple and read everything you've written at my dictation. Wait for a day of fasting when everyone is there to hear you. And make sure that all the people who come from the Judean villages hear you.
New American Standard Bible (1995)
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the LORD.

Contextual Overview

1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah in the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was ruling over Judah. 2 "Get a scroll. Write on it everything I have told you to say about Israel, Judah, and all the other nations since I began to speak to you in the reign of Josiah until now. 3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done." 4 So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the Lord had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll. 5 Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am no longer allowed to go into the Lord 's temple. 6 So you go there the next time all the people of Judah come in from their towns to fast in the Lord 's temple. Read out loud where all of them can hear you what I told you the Lord said, which you wrote in the scroll. 7 Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people." 8 So Baruch son of Neriah did exactly what the prophet Jeremiah had told him to do. He read what the Lord had said from the scroll in the temple of the Lord .

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

Jeremiah 20:2, Jeremiah 32:2, Jeremiah 33:1, Jeremiah 37:15, Jeremiah 38:6, Jeremiah 38:28, Jeremiah 40:4, 2 Corinthians 11:23, Ephesians 3:1, Ephesians 6:20, 2 Timothy 2:9, Hebrews 11:36

Reciprocal: Numbers 11:25 - they prophesied Numbers 11:26 - went not out Nehemiah 6:10 - shut up Jeremiah 32:12 - Baruch Jeremiah 36:26 - but

Cross-References

Genesis 35:29
Then Isaac breathed his last and joined his ancestors. He died an old man who had lived a full life. His sons Esau and Jacob buried him.

Gill's Notes on the Bible

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I [am] shut up,.... In prison, according to Jarchi; but this is not likely, for then there would have been no occasion for an order to take him, Jeremiah 36:26. Grotius thinks he was obliged by the king's order to stay at home; possibly he might be restrained by the Spirit of God, or had not freedom in his own mind to go abroad; there might be a restraint, an impulse upon his spirit, by the Spirit of God. Some think he was under some legal pollution, which made him unfit to go into the temple: for it follows:

I cannot go into the house of the Lord: labouring either under some bodily infirmity, or ceremonial defilement, or was forbidden by the king. What was the true cause is not certain; but so it was, that either he was discharged, or disabled, or disqualified, from going into the house of God.

Barnes' Notes on the Bible

Shut up - Hindered from going; perhaps through fear of Jehoiakim.


 
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