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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 36:3 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 36:3 |
King James |
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. |
Summary Of Commentaries Associated With The Selected Verse
| A Commentary, Critical, Practical, and Explanatory on the Old and New Testaments, by Robert Jamieson, A.R. Fausset and David Brown [1882] |
hear--consider seriously.
return . . . from . . . evil way-- (Jon 3:8). |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| Compare Jer 26:3. In point of date Jer. 26: is immediately prior to the present. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
It may be that the house of Judah will hear - It was yet possible to avert the judgments which had been so often denounced against them. But in order to this they must -
1. Hear what God has spoken.
2. Every man turn from his evil way.
3. If they do so, God graciously promises to forgive their iniquity and their sin. |
8 But let man and beast be covered with sackcloth, and cry mightily unto God: yea, let them turn every one from his evil way, and from the violence that is in their hands.
3 If so be they will hearken, and turn every man from his evil way, that I may repent me of the evil, which I purpose to do unto them because of the evil of their doings.