Jeremiah 36:15
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
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Gill's Exposition
And they said unto him, sit down now,.... Or, "pray sit down" (q); they received him very courteously, and treated him with great humanity, and showed much respect to him, in beseeching him to sit…
It should seem that Baruch had been frequently reading out of the book, to all companies that would give him the hearing, before the most solemn reading of it altogether which is here spoken of; for…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
Sit down These words taken with Jer 36:36 shew that the princes were favourably disposed towards Baruch and Jeremiah. The same fact has been marked already in ch. Jer 26:16. Baruch took the position…