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Jeremiah 36:24

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What does Jeremiah 36:24 say?

The American Standard Version records this verse as: “And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.” Read the surrounding verses and the named sources below before drawing broader conclusions.

The verse

And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Jeremiah 36:24 — American Standard Version

Context — Jeremiah 36

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21So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.
22Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and [there was a fire in] the brazier burning before him.
23And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
24And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
25Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.
26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king`s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.
27Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
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What do historical commentaries say?

John Gill's Exposition
John Gill (1697–1771) · Exposition of the Old and New Testament · 18th-century historical commentary
“Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, etc.] They were not struck with horror at such an impious action as the burning of the roll; nor afraid of the judgments and wrath of God threatened in it; nor did they rend their garments in token of sorrow and mourning on account of either, as used to be when anything blasphemous was said or done, or any bad news were brought. The Jews from hence conclude, that whenever a man sees the book of the law torn of cut to pieces, he should rend his garmentsf693. The persons here meant are not the princes that first heard the roll read in the secretary’s office, for they were afraid, (<243616>Jeremiah 36:16); unless they now dissembled in the…”
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Jamieson, Fausset & Brown
Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown · Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible · 19th-century historical commentary
“The king and his "servants" were more hardened than the "princes" and councillors (see on Jer 36:12; Jer 36:14; Jer 36:16). Contrast the humble fear exhibited by Josiah at the reading of the law (Kg2 22:11).”
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Treasury of Scriptural Knowledge
R. A. Torrey and contributors · The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge · Cross-reference reference work
“they: Jer 36:16; Job 15:4; Psa 36:1, Psa 64:5; Isa 26:11; Rom 3:18 nor rent: Jer 5:3; Kg1 21:27; Kg2 19:1, Kg2 19:2, Kg2 22:11-19; Ch2 34:19-31; Isa 36:22, Isa 37:1; Jon 3:6; Mat 12:41 Jeremiah 36:25”
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