Jeremiah 36:9 Meaning, Study, & Commentary | KJV

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

Commentaries

Albert Barnes

AlbertBarnes

18th Century

Presbyterian

18th Century

The ninth month answers to our December, and the fast was probably in commemoration of the capture of Jerusalem by the Chaldaeans in the previous y…

Charles Ellicott

CharlesEllicott

19th Century

Anglican

19th Century

It came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim. —The Septuagint gives “the eighth year,” but the Hebrew text gives the mu…

John Calvin

JohnCalvin

16th Century

Protestant

16th Century

A fuller explanation is added here; for the Prophet relates nothing new, but, as is common in Hebrew, he expresses at length what he had previously…

John Gill

JohnGill

17th Century

Reformed Baptist

17th Century

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of
Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month

Matthew Henry

MatthewHenry

17th Century

Presbyterian

17th Century

Shows of piety and devotion may be found even among those who, though they keep up forms of godliness, are strangers and enemies to its power.

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Thomas Aquinas

ThomasAquinas

13th Century

Catholic

13th Century

The declaration is given to the people. The details are as follows:

First, the command to announce is given, as Jeremiah…

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