Jeremiah 36:5

“And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:”

"And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:" - Jeremiah 36:5
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What does Jeremiah 36:5 mean?

The verse Jeremiah 36:5 from the King James Version of the Bible states, "And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord." This verse is part of the Old Testament book of Jeremiah, which is written by the prophet Jeremiah during a…

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Shut Up, but Not Shut Down: The Call to Faithfulness

In the tumultuous times of Judah, the prophet Jeremiah found himself confined, physically unable to enter the house of the Lord. His words, recorded in Jeremiah 36:5, resonate with deep spiritual significance: "And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go…

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A Prayer of Intercession and Resilience

Heavenly Father, As I come before You in prayer, I am reminded of the profound words of Jeremiah in Jeremiah 36:5: "And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD." Lord, I approach Your throne in the spirit of humility and reverence…

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Jeremiah 36:5 - "And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:"
Jeremiah 36:27 - "¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,"
Jeremiah 36:19 - "Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be."
Jeremiah 36:4 - "Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book."
Luke 5:36
Jeremiah 36:8 - "And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house."
Jeremiah 36:1 - "And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,"
Jeremiah 36:26 - "But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them."
Jeremiah 36:22 - "Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him."
Jeremiah 36:10 - "Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people."
Jeremiah 25:36 - "A voice of the cry of the shepherds, and an howling of the principal of the flock, shall be heard: for the LORD hath spoiled their pasture."
Jeremiah 50:36 - "A sword is upon the liars; and they shall dote: a sword is upon her mighty men; and they shall be dismayed."
Jeremiah 36:11 - "¶ When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,"
Jeremiah 36:15 - "And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears."
Jeremiah 36:17 - "And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?"
Jeremiah 36:32 - "¶ Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words."
Jeremiah 36:20 - "¶ And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king."
Jeremiah 36:13 - "Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people."
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."
"¶ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying," - Jeremiah 36:27
Jeremiah 36:18 - "Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book."
Jeremiah 36:25 - "Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them."
Job 36:5 - "Behold, God is mighty, and despiseth not any: he is mighty in strength and wisdom."
Psalms 36:5 - "Thy mercy, O LORD, is in the heavens; and thy faithfulness reacheth unto the clouds."
Jeremiah 2:36 - "Why gaddest thou about so much to change thy way? thou also shalt be ashamed of Egypt, as thou wast ashamed of Assyria."
Jeremiah 36:28 - "Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned."
"Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be." - Jeremiah 36:19
2 Chronicles 36:12 - "And he did that which was evil in the sight of the LORD his God, and humbled not himself before Jeremiah the prophet speaking from the mouth of the LORD."
Jeremiah 31:36 - "If those ordinances depart from before me, saith the LORD, then the seed of Israel also shall cease from being a nation before me for ever."