Jeremiah 36:8-15 - Sit down, and please read it to us

36:8-10

So Baruch did as Jeremiah had instructed him, and he read out the words of the Lord from the scroll in the temple. Note the assumption that the words of Jeremiah were indeed the words of the Lord. The king had also declared a day of fasting, and this was at the time that Baruch read out the words of the Lord, so it was completely in line with the instructions that Jeremiah had given (36:6). The significance of it being a day of fasting was that more people would be there, and would be more attentive. So all the people at the Lord’s temple heard the word of the Lord. Note the repeated use of the phrase “the Lord’s temple”. Men have a terrible habit of assuming that it is our temple, or our church. It isn’t!

36:11-15

Micaiah (not the one who appears elsewhere in the Old Testament) informed all the officials of what Baruch was doing and saying. All the officials were fully aware of what God was saying, they were without excuse. They instructed Micaiah to get the scroll from Baruch so he could read it to them in person.