Charles Ellicott Commentary Jeremiah 36:3

"It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin." — Jeremiah 36:3 (ASV)

It may be that the house of Judah will hear ... —Better, hearken to, as implying more than the physical act of listening. Here again, in the expression of the hope that Israel would return every man from his evil way, we have a distinct echo from Jeremiah 25:5.