Jeremia 36:5

Elberfelder Bibel

Parallel Translations

Schlachter Bibel (1951)
Und Jeremia befahl dem Baruch und sprach: Ich bin verhindert, so daß ich nicht in das Haus des Herrn gehen kann;

Lutherbible (1912)
Und Jeremia gebot Baruch und sprach: Ich bin gefangen, daß ich nicht kann in des HERRN Haus gehen.

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

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.