Verse Lens · Context pointer
Jeremiah 36:13 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 13. 13Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
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Role in This Section
The scribal narrative or edition-sensitive saying carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in…” at Jeremiah 36:13 as part of “Baruch's Public Reading Reaches the Officials.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 36:9–19
Read Jeremiah 36:13 with 36:9–19. By itself, “Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: During a fast Baruch reads from Gemariah's chamber, Micaiah reports it, officials hear it, question the dictation process, and tell Jeremiah and Baruch to hide.
Why It Needs Context
Keep the line with Jeremiah 36:9–19. The scribal narrative or edition-sensitive saying carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in…” at Jeremiah 36:13 as part of “Baruch's Public Reading Reaches the Officials.” The literary form and this limit govern it: The scene does not make dictated words exempt from testing or hiding a universal response to danger.
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 36:9–19 — Baruch's Public Reading Reaches the OfficialsSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 36:9–19, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 36:9–19
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