John Gill's Exposition on Jeremiah 36:27

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Exposition of the Old and New Testament
John Gill (1697–1771) · 18th-century historical commentary
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Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, etc.] In the place where he was hid; the Lord knew where he was, for he hid him, and therefore could send his word to him: after the king had burnt the roll; either with his own hands, or had ordered it to be burnt, or connived at the burning of it: and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah; hence the Jewsf694 gather, that when a man sees the book of the law burnt, that he is bound to rend his garments twice; once for the burning of the paper or parchment, and again for the burning of the writing; but no other is meant than the roll, in which the prophecies were written, Baruch took from the mouth of Jeremiah: saying; as follows:

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