John Gill Commentary Jeremiah 36:15

"And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears." — Jeremiah 36:15 (ASV)

And they said to him, sit down now^F17 Or, "pray sit down"; they received him very courteously, and treated him with great humanity, and showed much respect to him, in beseeching him to sit down by them:

and read it in our ears; as he had done in the ears of the people, with an audible voice, clearly and distinctly, that they might be able to hear it, so as to understand it:

so Baruch read [it] in their ears; without any fear or dread, though in the king's palace, and before an assembly of princes; nor did he excuse himself on account of weariness, having just read it to the people; or upbraid the princes with not being in the temple, where they might have heard it.

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FOOTNOTES:

• F17: (an bv) "sede quaeso", Vatablus, Schmidt.