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Selected Verse: Jeremiah 36:7 - King James
| Verse |
Translation |
Text |
| Jer 36:7 |
King James |
It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people. |
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] |
| present . . . supplication--literally, "supplication shall fall"; alluding to the prostrate attitude of the supplicants (Deu 9:25; Mat 26:39), as petitioners fall at the feet of a king in the East. So Hebrew, Jer 38:26; Dan 9:18, Margin. |
| Notes on the Bible, by Albert Barnes, [1834] |
| They will present their supplication - i. e., humbly. See the margin. The phrase also contained the idea of the prayer being accepted. |
| Adam Clarke Commentary on the Whole Bible - Published 1810-1826 |
| Present their supplication - "Let their supplication fall," that they may fall down before God, and deplore their sins. |
18 O my God, incline thine ear, and hear; open thine eyes, and behold our desolations, and the city which is called by thy name: for we do not present our supplications before thee for our righteousnesses, but for thy great mercies.
26 Then thou shalt say unto them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.
39 And he went a little further, and fell on his face, and prayed, saying, O my Father, if it be possible, let this cup pass from me: nevertheless not as I will, but as thou wilt.
25 Thus I fell down before the LORD forty days and forty nights, as I fell down at the first; because the LORD had said he would destroy you.