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- Jeremiah
- Chapter 36
- Verse 24
Jeremiah 36:24
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
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Baptist theologian, 1697–1771
Gill's Exposition
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments,.... 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…
We have traced the roll to the people, and to the princes, and here we are to follow it to the king; and we find,
I. That, upon notice given him concerning it, he sent for it, and ordered it to be…
Academic commentary, 1882–1921
Cambridge Bible
And they were not afraid … neither the king Contrast the conduct of the king's father (2Ki 22:11).
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