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Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
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God's Words, Human Hands
Commentators stress that Baruch was a faithful scribe, not a co-author. He wrote exactly what Jeremiah dictated "with his mouth." This highlights the doctrine of divine inspiration, where God spoke His precise words through the prophet, and a scribe recorded them. The message was purely from God, transmitted through human agents.
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Jeremiah
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18th Century
Presbyterian
He pronounced - He used to say aloud; he dictated. Baruch’s office was merely mechanical. He contributed nothing but hand, pen, and ink.
19th Century
Anglican
Tell us now, How didst thou write ...? —The question was clearly put as a judicial interrogatory. The princes were anxious to asce…
16th Century
Protestant
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…
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17th Century
Reformed Baptist
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.
13th Century
Catholic
Here, the declaration to the king is given.
He speaks of the preparation of the declaration, as they propose to announce it:
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