He pronounced - He used to say aloud; he dictated. Baruch’s office was merely mechanical. He contributed nothing but hand, pen, and ink.

Tell us now, How didst thou write ...? —The question was clearly put as a judicial interrogatory. The princes were anxious to asce…

The king’s counselors were, no doubt, so astonished when they heard that these threats had been written as the Prophet had dictated them, that they…

Then Baruch answered them At once, without any hesitation, plainly and fully:

he pronounced all these w…

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.

Here, the declaration to the king is given.