Yeremia 36:3
Konteks36:3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the disaster I intend to bring on them, they will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. 1 If they do, I will forgive their sins and the wicked things they have done.” 2
Yeremia 36:6-7
Konteks36:6 So you go there the next time all the people of Judah come in from their towns to fast 3 in the Lord’s temple. Read out loud where all of them can hear you what I told you the Lord said, which you wrote in the scroll. 4 36:7 Perhaps then they will ask the Lord for mercy and will all stop doing the evil things they have been doing. 5 For the Lord has threatened to bring great anger and wrath against these people.” 6
[36:3] 1 tn Heb “will turn each one from his wicked way.”
[36:3] 2 tn Heb “their iniquity and their sin.”
[36:3] sn The offer of withdrawal of punishment for sin is consistent with the principles of Jer 18:7-8 and the temple sermon delivered early in the reign of this king (cf. 26:1-3; 7:5-7).
[36:6] 3 sn Regular fast days were not a part of Israel’s religious calendar. Rather fast days were called on special occasions, i.e., in times of drought or a locust plague (Joel 1:14; 2:15), or during a military crisis (2 Chr 20:3), or after defeat in battle (1 Sam 31:13; 2 Sam 1:12). A fast day was likely chosen for the reading of the scroll because the people would be more mindful of the crisis they were in and be in more of a repentant mood. The events referred to in the study note on v. 1 would have provided the basis for Jeremiah’s anticipation of a fast day when the scroll could be read.
[36:6] 4 tn Heb “So you go and read from the scroll which you have written from my mouth the words of the
[36:7] 5 tn Heb “will turn each one from his wicked way.”
[36:7] 6 tn Heb “For great is the anger and the wrath which the