In the fourth year of Jehoiakim, Baruch writes at Jeremiah's mouth all the words upon a scroll and reads them in the house of Hashem; the king cuts the roll with the penknife and casts it into the fire of the brazier — and it is written again, and many like words are added.
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And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Hashem, saying:
verse value 3078
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 67 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֖ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. Verse gematria: 3078 is divisible by 18, the value of chai ('life'). The shortest word is "king" (מֶ֣לֶךְ, 3 letters) and the longest is "to·Jehoiakim" (לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 211: to·Jehoiakim, the·word. The root היה appears 2 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "saying" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "to·Jeremiah" (root איל, 293x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Judah', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 7 words. Full calculation: וַֽיְהִי֙ [and·it·was] (31) + בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה [in·the·year] (357) + הָרְבִעִ֔ית [fourth] (687) + לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים [to·Jehoiakim] (211) + בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ [son·of·Josiah] (384) + מֶ֣לֶךְ [king] (90) + יְהוּדָ֑ה [Judah] (30) + הָיָ֞ה [was] (20) + הַדָּבָ֤ר [the·word] (211) + הַזֶּה֙ [this] (17) + אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ [to·Jeremiah] (302) + מֵאֵ֥ת [from] (441) + יְהֹוָ֖ה [Hashem] (26) + לֵאמֹֽר [saying] (271) = 3078.
Radak
“And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, take for yourself a scroll of a book.” A “scroll” and a “leaf” refer to the parchment or hide upon which a person writes. And according to this interpretation, the term “scroll” in connection with “book” means that one writes upon it, and then it is called a “book.”
’Take you a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
verse value 6095
Insights
Verse structure: 19 words, 100 letters. The shortest word is "and·until" (וְעַ֖ד, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·against·all·the·nations" (וְעַל־כׇּל־הַגּוֹיִ֑ם, 10 letters). Words sharing gematria 61: to·you, to·you, day. 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "roll·book·of" (מְגִלַּת־סֵ֒פֶר֒), "and·you·shall·write" (וְכָתַבְתָּ֣), "upon·Israel" (עַל־יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל). The root אל appears 3 times in this verse. 13 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that·I·have·spoken" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "upon·Israel" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). First appearance of the root מגלה ("roll·book·of") in Jeremiah. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'and·against·all·the·nations', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 8 words.
Radak
"And you shall write it upon it." Just as it says "upon it," so too it teaches that he should write all the matters from the beginning of the book up to this point. And our Sages of blessed memory interpreted this as referring to the Scroll of Lamentations.
Metzudat David
"A scroll [megillat sefer]." The parchment is called a megillah, and when it is written upon, it is called a megillat sefer. It is named after its eventual state, because when he took it, it had not yet been written in. Similarly, "and grind flour" (Isaiah 46).
“Eileha” [to it]. Just as “aleha” [upon it].
"All these things." Our Sages of blessed memory stated that this was the Scroll of Lamentations, and what is said, "All these things," etc., means that he would recount in it all the calamitous events that had been foretold from of old concerning Israel and Judah, which indeed came to pass, as well as the prophecies yet to be fulfilled.
"From the day I spoke." This means all the prophecies that I spoke to you from the day I began to speak to you, and that is from the days of Josiah until this day; you shall remember them all in it.
It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them; that they may return every man from his evil way, and I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.’
verse value 5998
Insights
Verse structure: 19 words, 82 letters. The shortest word is "house·of" (בֵּ֣ית, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·to·their·purgation·offering" (וּלְחַטָּאתָֽם, 7 letters). 19 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "they·hear" (root שמע, 184x in Jeremiah); "all·the·evil" (root כל, 167x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·them', dividing the verse into phrases of 11 and 8 words.
Metzudat David
“Perhaps they will hear.” This means that when you will read in that scroll, it is as if those prophecies have already been fulfilled; perhaps they will ponder all that evil, etc., and there will be benefit in the matter, so that each person will return from his evil way. And then I will forgive their iniquity, and that evil will not come to pass.
Malbim
"Which I think to do to them, that they may return": This means that the evil which I contemplate doing to them is not in order to harm them; rather, the ultimate purpose is that they should return in repentance. And thereby, "I will forgive their iniquity and their sin, and I will not bring the evil upon them," as it is stated above: "Behold, I am forming evil against you, and devising a plan against you; return, please, each one from his evil way" (above 18:11).
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Hashem, which He had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book.
verse value 4961
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 72 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֛ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "from·mouth·of" (מִפִּ֣י, 3 letters) and the longest is "upon·roll·book·of" (עַל־מְגִלַּת־סֵֽפֶר, 9 letters). Words sharing gematria 317: and·called, son·of·Neriah. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "upon·roll·book·of" (עַל־מְגִלַּת־סֵֽפֶר). The root ירמיהו appears 2 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "that·He·spoke" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "all·words·of" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'son·of·Neriah', dividing the verse into phrases of 4 and 10 words.
Metzudat David
From the mouth of Jeremiah. This means that Jeremiah spoke the words from his mouth, and Baruch wrote them down in the book.
"All the words of the Lord." This means: in accordance with the entirety of the matter that the Lord commanded him.
“On a scroll of a book.” This refers back to the earlier words, “and he wrote,” to teach that Baruch wrote them on a scroll of a book.
Malbim
"Jeremiah called Baruch" – Abarbanel explains that Jeremiah himself wrote all the words of his prophecies in a book, in clear language. This is not the case with the Scroll of Lamentations, which was not written through prophecy, but only through the Holy Spirit, which is a lower level than prophecy; therefore, he needed to lighten the burden upon himself by having Baruch write it. And this is what is stated subsequently: "Baruch read the words of Jeremiah" – for if they had been words of prophecy, he would have called them "the words of the Lord," not "the words of Jeremiah."
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: ‘I am detained, I cannot go into the house of Hashem;
verse value 2280
Insights
Verse structure: 11 words, 45 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָֽה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "not" (לֹ֣א, 2 letters) and the longest is "Jeremiah" (יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ, 6 letters). Words sharing gematria 271: Jeremiah, saying. 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "saying" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "not" (root לא, 307x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'saying', dividing the verse into phrases of 4 and 7 words. Full calculation: וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה [and·commanded] (117) + יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ [Jeremiah] (271) + אֶת־בָּר֖וּךְ [Baruch] (629) + לֵאמֹ֑ר [saying] (271) + אֲנִ֣י [I] (61) + עָצ֔וּר [shut·up] (366) + לֹ֣א [not] (31) + אוּכַ֔ל [I·am·able] (57) + לָב֖וֹא [to·come] (39) + בֵּ֥ית [house·of] (412) + יְהֹוָֽה [Hashem] (26) = 2280.
Rashi
"Detained." In the prison:
Metzudat David
"I am confined." I am imprisoned in a dungeon and cannot come myself to the House of the Lord (for Jehoiakim had also imprisoned him, although it is not explicitly mentioned):
Metzudat Zion
Atsur. It means confined, as in: "And he was still confined" (above, 33:).
therefore go you, and read in the roll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of Hashem in the ears of the people in Hashem’S house upon a fast-day; and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
verse value 5878
Insights
Verse structure: 19 words, 90 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֜ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "you" (אַתָּ֡ה, 3 letters) and the longest is "that·you·wrote·from·my·mouth" (אֲשֶׁר־כָּתַֽבְתָּ־מִפִּי֩, 10 letters). Words sharing gematria 80: in·the·roll, all·Judah. 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·you·shall·come" (וּבָאתָ֣), "in·the·roll" (בַמְּגִלָּ֣ה), "that·you·wrote·from·my·mouth" (אֲשֶׁר־כָּתַֽבְתָּ־מִפִּי֩). The root בוא appears 2 times in this verse. 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "that·you·wrote·from·my·mouth" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "words·of" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'a·fast', dividing the verse into phrases of 13 and 6 words.
Radak
"On the day of fasting." On the day of a fast. And my master and father, of blessed memory, explained: "On the day of gathering," from the root *tzomet* (junction), meaning the junction of the tendons; in the words of our Sages of blessed memory, this means a day on which they will gather to speak and consult regarding their distress.
Metzudat David
“The words of the Lord.” This means the matter which the Lord commanded him. Furthermore, since Jeremiah spoke them through the Holy Spirit [Ruach HaKodesh], they are called “the words of the Lord,” even though he did not speak them in actual prophecy.
"On the day of the fast." For then a great multitude will gather there, from Jerusalem and from the cities of Judah.
It may be they will present their supplication before Hashem, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that Hashem has pronounced against this people.’
verse value 3955
Insights
Verse structure: 16 words, 69 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֔ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "descends" (תִּפֹּ֤ל, 3 letters) and the longest is "for·great·the·anger" (כִּֽי־גָד֤וֹל, 6 letters). Words sharing gematria 26: Hashem, Hashem. 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "their·supplication" (תְּחִנָּתָם֙), "for·great·the·anger" (כִּֽי־גָד֤וֹל), "the·anger" (הָאַף֙). The root יהוה appears 2 times in this verse. 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "that·spoke" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "to·the·people" (root איל, 293x in Jeremiah). First appearance of the root תחנה ("their·supplication") in Jeremiah. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·evil', dividing the verse into phrases of 9 and 7 words.
Metzudat David
Perhaps. When they hear these words, perhaps their hearts will be humbled and their entreaty will be accepted [before God], etc.
“to the people”: “upon the people”:
Metzudat Zion
"tippol" – The meaning is an expression of "inclining" [leaning down], as in "and she leaned down from the camel" (Genesis 24:64).
Malbim
Perhaps their entreaty will fall [before God], meaning that they are supplicating over the present evil, and by its being read in their ears, they will take it to heart and supplicate over the future, and each will return from his evil way, for they will rectify the future through repentance, for great is the anger and wrath that the Lord spoke of doing to them in the future.
And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Hashem in Hashem’S house.
verse value 3301
Insights
Verse structure: 13 words, 58 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֖ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "as·them" (כְּכֹ֥ל, 3 letters) and the longest is "that·commanded·him" (אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖הוּ, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 26: Hashem, Hashem. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "that·commanded·him" (אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖הוּ). The root יהוה appears 2 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "that·commanded·him" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "words·of" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·prophet', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 6 words. Full calculation: וַיַּ֗עַשׂ [and·did] (386) + בָּרוּךְ֙ [Baruch] (228) + בֶּן־נֵ֣רִיָּ֔ה [son·of·Neriah] (317) + כְּכֹ֥ל [as·them] (70) + אֲשֶׁר־צִוָּ֖הוּ [that·commanded·him] (608) + יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ [Jeremiah] (271) + הַנָּבִ֑יא [the·prophet] (68) + לִקְרֹ֥א [to·call] (331) + בַסֵּ֛פֶר [in·the·book·of] (342) + דִּבְרֵ֥י [words·of] (216) + יְהֹוָ֖ה [Hashem] (26) + בֵּ֥ית [house·of] (412) + יְהֹוָֽה [Hashem] (26) = 3301.
Malbim
“Baruch did” means that Jeremiah commanded him in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, yet he did not read [the scroll] until the fifth year, in the ninth month. This explains that the delay occurred because he acted in accordance with all that Jeremiah had commanded him—namely, according to the conditions under which he was instructed to read the words of the Lord in the House of the Lord. The commandment specified that it should take place in the House of the Lord, on a day of fasting, and at a time when people would also gather from the towns, as it is stated, “And in the ears of all Judah who come from their cities you shall read them.” Therefore, “it came to pass in the fifth year”: (a) that a fast was observed at that time; (b) that it was before the Lord (in the House of the Lord); (c) that all the people of Jerusalem were present; (d) and all the people who came from the towns of Judah were there. Hence, he waited until that time.
Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before Hashem, all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
verse value 5524
Insights
Verse structure: 19 words, 101 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֛ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "a·fast" (צ֜וֹם, 3 letters) and the longest is "to·Jehoiakim" (לִיהוֹיָקִ֨ים, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 588: in·Jerusalem, in·Jerusalem. 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "the·fifth" (הַ֠חֲמִשִׁ֠ית), "ninth" (הַתְּשִׁעִ֔י). The root כל appears 2 times in this verse. 17 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "king·Judah" (root מלך, 253x in Jeremiah); "and·it·was" (root היה, 250x in Jeremiah). First appearance of the root תשיעי ("ninth") in Jeremiah. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'in·Jerusalem', dividing the verse into phrases of 14 and 5 words.
Metzudat David
Proclaim a fast. Decree a fast and announce it publicly:
"All the people in Jerusalem, etc." – This means the inhabitants of Jerusalem and the inhabitants of the cities of Judah who had come at that time and were in Jerusalem.
Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Hashem, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Hashem’S house, in the ears of all the people.
verse value 6575
Insights
Verse structure: 19 words, 89 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֑ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "house·of" (בֵּ֣ית, 3 letters) and the longest is "the·house·of·Hashem" (בֵּית־יְהֹוָה֙, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 317: and·called, the·month. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "Gemariah" (גְּמַרְיָ֩הוּ֩). The root ספר appears 2 times in this verse. 17 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "words·of" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah); "all·the·people" (root כל, 167x in Jeremiah). First appearance of the root גמריהו ("Gemariah") in Jeremiah. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Hashem', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 12 words.
Rashi
"The entrance of the gate of the House of the Lord, the new one." This is the eastern gate, as Targum Jonathan renders it.
Radak
"The new [gate]." This refers to the eastern gate, as we wrote above; and so Yonatan [Targum Jonathan] renders it: "medinchaah" (from the east).
Metzudat David
The words of Jeremiah. What he spoke through the Holy Spirit:
"In the upper courtyard" – this is the Court of the Priests, which stood on the upper part of the Temple Mount, opposite the Court of Israel.
"Entrance of the gate." This means that the chamber stood within the space of the gate.
"The new [gate]." It is possible that it fell, and they renewed it in construction.
And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Hashem,
verse value 2483
Insights
Verse structure: 8 words, 42 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֖ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. Verse gematria: 2483 is divisible by 13, the value of echad ('one') and ahavah ('love'). The shortest word is "from·upon" (מֵעַ֥ל, 3 letters) and the longest is "son·of·Gemariah" (בֶן־גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ, 8 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "son·of·Gemariah" (בֶן־גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ). The root בין appears 2 times in this verse. 7 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "from·upon" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah); "all·words·of" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). Full calculation: וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֠ע [and·he·heard] (426) + מִכָ֨יְהוּ [Micaiah] (81) + בֶן־גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ [son·of·Gemariah] (316) + בֶן־שָׁפָ֛ן [son·of·Shaphan] (482) + אֶת־כׇּל־דִּבְרֵ֥י [all·words·of] (667) + יְהֹוָ֖ה [Hashem] (26) + מֵעַ֥ל [from·upon] (140) + הַסֵּֽפֶר [the·book] (345) = 2483.
Radak
"From above the book." That which was written on the book:
Metzudat David
"All the words of the Lord": which are stated through the Holy Spirit.
"From the scroll." [The words] that are read from the scroll.
he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.
verse value 7293
Insights
Verse structure: 18 words, 112 letters. Verse gematria: 7293 is divisible by 13, the value of echad ('one') and ahavah ('love'). The shortest word is "and·went·down" (וַיֵּ֤רֶד, 4 letters) and the longest is "son·of·Shemaiah" (בֶן־שְׁ֠מַֽעְיָ֠הוּ, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 345: the·scribe, the·scribe. 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·went·down" (וַיֵּ֤רֶד), "upon·room" (עַל־לִשְׁכַּ֣ת), "and·behold·there" (וְהִ֨נֵּה־שָׁ֔ם). The root בין appears 4 times in this verse. 13 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "all·the·princes" (root כל, 167x in Jeremiah); "sitting" (root ישב, 147x in Jeremiah); "son·of·Shemaiah" (root בין, 146x in Jeremiah). First appearance of the root אלישמע ("Elishama") in Jeremiah. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'sitting', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 11 words.
Radak
"Regarding the chamber." Just as it says "to the chamber."
Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
verse value 2860
Insights
Verse structure: 12 words, 48 letters. Verse gematria: 2860 is divisible by 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "to·them" (לָהֶם֙, 3 letters) and the longest is "all·the·words" (כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים, 8 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "when·reading" (בִּקְרֹ֥א). 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah); "heard" (root שמע, 184x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'heard', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 5 words.
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying: ‘Take in your hand the roll wherein you have read in the ears of the people, and come.’ So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came to them.
verse value 6353
Insights
Verse structure: 24 words, 120 letters. Notable word values: "hand" (בְיָדְךָ֖) = 36, double chai. The shortest word is "in·it" (בָּהּ֙, 2 letters) and the longest is "son·of·Nethaniah" (בֶּן־נְ֠תַנְיָ֠הוּ, 8 letters). 3 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "son·of·Cushi" (בֶן־כּוּשִׁי֮), "roll" (הַמְּגִלָּ֗ה), "take·it" (קָחֶ֥נָּה). The root ברוך appears 2 times in this verse. 19 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "saying" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "and·came" (root בוא, 211x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'and·come', dividing the verse into phrases of 17 and 7 words.
Metzudat David
"And go." This means: Go from your place and come to us.
And they said to him: ‘Sit down now, and read it in our ears.’ So Baruch read it in their ears.
verse value 1811
Insights
Verse structure: 9 words, 43 letters. The shortest word is "sit" (שֵׁ֣ב, 2 letters) and the longest is "in·our·ears" (בְּאׇזְנֵ֑ינוּ, 7 letters). 3 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·read·it" (וּקְרָאֶ֖נָּה), "in·our·ears" (בְּאׇזְנֵ֑ינוּ), "in·their·ears" (בְּאׇזְנֵיהֶֽם). The root קרא appears 2 times in this verse. 7 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "and·they·said" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "to·him" (root אל, 204x in Jeremiah); "sit" (root ישב, 147x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'in·our·ears', dividing the verse into phrases of 6 and 3 words. Full calculation: וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ [and·they·said] (263) + אֵלָ֔יו [to·him] (47) + שֵׁ֣ב [sit] (302) + נָ֔א [please] (51) + וּקְרָאֶ֖נָּה [and·read·it] (362) + בְּאׇזְנֵ֑ינוּ [in·our·ears] (126) + וַיִּקְרָ֥א [and·called] (317) + בָר֖וּךְ [Baruch] (228) + בְּאׇזְנֵיהֶֽם [in·their·ears] (115) = 1811.
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch: ‘We will surely tell the king of all these words.’
verse value 3418
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 70 letters. The shortest word is "man" (אִ֣ישׁ, 3 letters) and the longest is "all·the·words" (אֶת־כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים, 10 letters). Words sharing gematria 311: man, all·the·words. 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "when·they·heard" (כְּשׇׁמְעָם֙), "surely" (הַגֵּ֤יד). The root דבר appears 2 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "and·they·said" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "to·shouting" (root איל, 293x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·shouting', dividing the verse into phrases of 6 and 8 words.
Rashi
"We must surely tell the king." Perhaps he will listen.
Radak
hagid. It is written with a yod as a continuation, which is not the common practice in most cases:
Metzudat David
"Fear each his fellow." They feared to conceal the matter from the king, for each one feared his fellow, lest he reveal it, and the one who concealed it would be held guilty for not informing him.
"We will surely tell." Know that we will tell the matter before the king.
Malbim
"Fear each man his neighbor" means that each one of them feared his neighbor, lest one of them inform the king, and the king would become angry with them for not having informed him. Therefore, they said, "We will surely tell the king," meaning that we are compelled to tell [him].
And they asked Baruch, saying: ‘Tell us now: How did you write all these words at his mouth?’
verse value 3134
Insights
Verse structure: 10 words, 48 letters. Notable word values: "to·us" (לָ֔נוּ) = 86, equal to Elohim. The shortest word is "to·us" (לָ֔נוּ, 3 letters) and the longest is "all·the·words" (אֶת־כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים, 10 letters). 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "asked" (שָׁאֲל֖וּ), "tell·now" (הַגֶּד־נָ֣א). 10 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "saying" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah); "these" (root אלה, 64x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'saying', dividing the verse into phrases of 3 and 7 words. Full calculation: וְאֶ֨ת־בָּר֔וּךְ [and·Baruch] (635) + שָׁאֲל֖וּ [asked] (337) + לֵאמֹ֑ר [saying] (271) + הַגֶּד־נָ֣א [tell·now] (63) + לָ֔נוּ [to·us] (86) + אֵ֗יךְ [how?] (31) + כָּתַ֛בְתָּ [you·wrote] (822) + אֶת־כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֥ים [all·the·words] (712) + הָאֵ֖לֶּה [these] (41) + מִפִּֽיו [from·his·mouth] (136) = 3134.
Metzudat David
How did you write, etc., “from his mouth”? This means: In what sense was it written “from his mouth”? It is as if to ask: Did Jeremiah state the details of the matter exactly as they were? If so, one must be greatly concerned even regarding the details. Or did he only state the general outline of the matter, and you arranged the details? In that case, there is not so much cause for concern regarding them.
Malbim
And they asked Baruch, for the princes had already decided in the days of Jehoiakim that Jeremiah was not subject to the death penalty for his prophecy, since he spoke in the name of the Lord, as stated above in chapter 26. They were only in doubt regarding Baruch, lest he had copied the words from Jeremiah’s book on his own initiative, without a commission from the Lord, in which case he would be liable to death. Regarding this, they asked, “How did you write it?” And they included in this inquiry whether he had added any words of his own accord.
Then Baruch answered them: ‘He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.’
verse value 2757
Insights
Verse structure: 13 words, 54 letters. The shortest word is "to·them" (לָהֶם֙, 3 letters) and the longest is "all·the·words" (כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִ֖ים, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 311: will·call, all·the·words. 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "will·call" (יִקְרָ֣א), "upon·the·book" (עַל־הַסֵּ֖פֶר). 13 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "and·said" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah); "to·me" (root אל, 204x in Jeremiah). First appearance of the root בד ("with·the·ink") in Jeremiah. The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'these', dividing the verse into phrases of 9 and 4 words.
Radak
"Upon the book." This refers to its conclusion, for one may not call it a "book" until it has been written.
"In ink." This is that with which one writes.
Metzudat David
"From his mouth," etc. This means that I recorded every detail of the words as he spoke them from his mouth, and at the time he was speaking, I wrote them down in the book with ink. It is as if to say: I did not wait until he had finished all his words; rather, immediately upon his uttering a word, I wrote it down, so that I might not alter anything from what he had arranged. And I placed nothing in that scroll except the ink and the writing alone.
"On the scroll." They called it a "sefer" [book/scroll] because of its end ["sof"], for it becomes a sefer only after the writing is completed.
Metzudat Zion
Regarding ink: The black liquid prepared for writing.
Malbim
Baruch said to them, "He would recite to me all these words from his mouth," meaning that he [Jeremiah] recited the words from his mouth by way of prophecy. And the proof is that I write them on the scroll and with ink, for the Holy Writings are not written except by copying from a written text, as stated in Tractate Megillah — so how did I write it "from his mouth"? [The answer is] that his recitation is the recitation of God Himself, through prophecy, as stated in the first chapter of Tractate Bava Batra: "The Holy One, blessed be He, dictates, and Moses writes." From this itself it is also known that it is included among the Holy Writings; therefore he wrote it on the scroll and with ink, in accordance with the law of the Holy Writings, which require a scroll and ink. And it also means that he added nothing, but wrote on the scroll only what he recited from his mouth.
Then said the princes to Baruch: ‘Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah, and let no man know where you are.’
verse value 3444
Insights
Verse structure: 11 words, 49 letters. The shortest word is "go" (לֵ֥ךְ, 2 letters) and the longest is "and·Jeremiah" (וְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּ, 7 letters). 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "be·hidden" (הִסָּתֵ֖ר). 11 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "and·they·said" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "let·not·know" (root איל, 293x in Jeremiah); "and·man" (root איש, 153x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'and·Jeremiah', dividing the verse into phrases of 7 and 4 words. Full calculation: וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ [and·they·said] (263) + הַשָּׂרִים֙ [the·princes] (555) + אֶל־בָּר֔וּךְ [to·Baruch] (259) + לֵ֥ךְ [go] (50) + הִסָּתֵ֖ר [be·hidden] (665) + אַתָּ֣ה [you] (406) + וְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּ [and·Jeremiah] (277) + וְאִ֥ישׁ [and·man] (317) + אַל־יֵדַ֖ע [let·not·know] (115) + אֵיפֹ֥ה [where?] (96) + אַתֶּֽם [you] (441) = 3444.
Radak
"Hide." Within the court of the guard, lest the king's wrath be kindled against you when he hears these words, and he harm you.
Metzudat David
"Go, hide, etc." For lest the king seek to kill you:
"And a man should not know, lest he reveal it to the king."
Metzudat Zion
"Eifoh" (where). [Comprised of] "ayeh" (where) and "poh" (here).
Malbim
“Go, hide yourself.” You and Jeremiah, because they desired to save him. They commanded that Jeremiah also hide, for if he had stated that he copied from a book that Jeremiah wrote for himself, Jeremiah would not have been liable to the king on the grounds that he wrote a record of events for himself. But since he said that he was sent on a mission by Jeremiah, surely Jeremiah too would become liable. And our Sages of blessed memory already stated that Jehoiakim was wicked and his generation was righteous, whereas the opposite was true for Zedekiah. For behold, you see that they desired to save Jeremiah, and the king desired to kill him; but in the days of Zedekiah it was the opposite: the officials desired to kill him, and the king saved him.
And they went in to the king into the court; but they had deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.
verse value 3603
Insights
Verse structure: 13 words, 68 letters. The shortest word is "court" (חָצֵ֔רָה, 4 letters) and the longest is "and·the·roll" (וְאֶת־הַמְּגִלָּ֣ה, 8 letters). 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "court" (חָצֵ֔רָה), "and·the·roll" (וְאֶת־הַמְּגִלָּ֣ה), "they·deposited" (הִפְקִ֔דוּ). 13 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "to·the·king" (root איל, 293x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah); "king" (root מלך, 253x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·scribe', dividing the verse into phrases of 8 and 5 words.
Rashi
"Chatzeirah." To the courtyard: every word that requires a lamed at its beginning has a heh placed at its end instead.
Radak
"Chatzerah." [It is accented] mil'eil: the zakef [accent] falls on the tsere, and the heh is added; and it is like chatzer, meaning the king's court.
Metzudat David
"To the courtyard." [I.e.,] to the king's courtyard:
Metzudat Zion
He entrusted. The word is from the root of "deposit" and "concealment/storing away":
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.
verse value 5229
Insights
Verse structure: 18 words, 93 letters. The shortest word is "from·upon" (מֵעַ֥ל, 3 letters) and the longest is "Jew" (אֶת־יְהוּדִ֗י, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 95: king, king, king. 3 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·took" (וַיִּ֨קָּחֶ֔הָ), "from·room·of" (מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖ת), "and·read·it" (וַיִּקְרָאֶ֤הָ). The root מלך appears 3 times in this verse. 14 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "from·upon" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah); "king" (root מלך, 253x in Jeremiah); "all·the·princes" (root כל, 167x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·scribe', dividing the verse into phrases of 9 and 9 words.
Metzudat David
"From above the king." [I.e., the officials] stood close to the king:
Malbim
"Those who stood in attendance on the king" are other officials who were attending him at that time, for the officials counted in verse 12 had already heard [it] from Baruch.
Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month; and the brazier was burning before him.
verse value 3542
Insights
Verse structure: 9 words, 42 letters. The shortest word is "house·of" (בֵּ֣ית, 3 letters) and the longest is "ninth" (הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑י, 6 letters). 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "the·winter" (הַחֹ֔רֶף), "ninth" (הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑י), "and·the·brazier" (וְאֶת־הָאָ֖ח). 9 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "and·the·king" (root מלך, 253x in Jeremiah); "dwelling" (root ישב, 147x in Jeremiah); "house·of" (root בית, 128x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'ninth', dividing the verse into phrases of 6 and 3 words. Full calculation: וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ [and·the·king] (101) + יוֹשֵׁב֙ [dwelling] (318) + בֵּ֣ית [house·of] (412) + הַחֹ֔רֶף [the·winter] (293) + בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ [in·the·month] (314) + הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑י [ninth] (795) + וְאֶת־הָאָ֖ח [and·the·brazier] (421) + לְפָנָ֥יו [to·his·face] (176) + מְבֹעָֽרֶת [burned] (712) = 3542.
Rashi
"And the hearth." Our Sages interpreted [the word] as "wood," on account of their being kindled in brotherhood (i.e., they are kindled from one another, like brothers who benefit one another, according to another manuscript). And according to its plain meaning, it implies that it is a vessel upon which fire is kindled before the princes.
Radak
"Beit ha-choref." For they make a house for the summer, in which the wind will prevail to cool, and similarly they make a house for the winter, in which the wind will not prevail.
"And the brazier before him was burning" — [the "ach"] is the utensil in which they kindle fire. And it says "burning" because of the wood burning within it, as if it itself were burning. And Yonatan [Targum Jonathan] renders it: "ve-yat nura kadamohi madlikin" (and the fire before him is kindled). And in the words of our Rabbis of blessed memory: What is "ach"? Rav said: "achuna" [a brazier/stove]. And Shmuel said: wood that is kindled together [a play on "achavah," meaning togetherness].
Metzudat David
The winter house. In a house built for dwelling in during the winter, for the matter occurred in the ninth month, which is Kislev, and at that time the weather was cold.
"And the brazier." The utensil made for kindling the fire in it was burning before him, so that he might warm himself by it.
Metzudat Zion
Ha’ach. This is the name of the vessel in which the fire is kindled.
"Kindled." [This means] it is burning:
And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.
verse value 6461
Insights
Verse structure: 18 words, 83 letters. Verse gematria: 6461 is divisible by 13, the value of echad ('one') and ahavah ('love'). The shortest word is "three" (שָׁלֹ֣שׁ, 3 letters) and the longest is "all·the·roll" (כׇּל־הַמְּגִלָּ֔ה, 7 letters). Words sharing gematria 501: that, that. 9 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "when·reading" (כִּקְר֣וֹא), "doors" (דְּלָתוֹת֮), "and·four" (וְאַרְבָּעָה֒). The root איל appears 2 times in this verse. 16 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "to·the·fire" (root איל, 293x in Jeremiah); "upon·the·fire" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·the·brazier', dividing the verse into phrases of 13 and 5 words.
Rashi
"Three columns." Our Rabbis said: it was the Scroll of Lamentations. They read before him [the words] "Eichah," "Bachoh tivkeh," "Galtah Yehudah," [and] "Darchei Tzion aveilot" [Lamentations 1:1-4]. Through all of this he was not troubled; he said, "I am king over the remnant." Once he read [the words] "Hayu tzareha le-rosh" (Her foes have become the master) [Lamentations 1:5], he said, "From now on, I am no longer king." Immediately he tore it [the scroll] with the scribe's razor.
Tear it. Like [the word] "tore it":
Radak
"Three doors and four." The meaning is "leaves" [i.e. columns], namely the columns of the scroll, and they are called "doors" because they open and close like doors. They appear in the verse in [both] masculine and feminine forms, for it says "shalosh" [the feminine form] and "arba'ah" [the masculine form]; and it says it this way because it is a borrowed/figurative term, for the word "delet" is grammatically feminine.
"And cast [ve-hashlech]." [It is in the] infinitive [form].
"Unto the fire that is by the brazier." [Here "el"] is like "al" [they mean the same]. The first instances [in the verse use] "el," and the latter [use] "al"; and the verse is a single example that "el" and "al" are to be read [as equivalent]. And our Rabbis, of blessed memory, explained "three doors and four": three verses, and then four, they said. What is different about "three doors and four" [that this number is used]? They said to Jehoiakim: Jeremiah has written a Scroll of Lamentations. He said to them: What is written in it? They said to him: "Eichah — how she sits alone, the city!" He said to them: "But I am king [what is that to me]?" "She shall weep bitterly" [they continued]. He said to them: "But I am king." "Judah has gone into exile" [they continued]. He said to them: "But I am king." "The roads of Zion mourn" [they continued]. He said to them: "But I am king." "Her foes have become the head" [they continued]. He said to them: "Who said this?" "For the Lord has afflicted her" [they answered]. Immediately he scraped out all the mentions [of God's Name] in it and burned them in the fire. And Jonathan rendered "dalatot" as "patzin."
Metzudat David
"Three doors and four." This means that when one has read three verses and is finishing the reading of the fourth verse.
He tore it. He was tearing and cutting them with the scribe's razor and casting them into the fire on the hearth. And our Sages of blessed memory said: When he read before him, "How the city sits solitary" and "She weeps bitterly" and "Judah has gone into exile" and "The paths of Zion," he was still not distressed, for he said, "Even so, I am king over the survivors." But when he read before him the verse, "Her adversaries have become the head," he said, "If so, from now on I am no longer king." Immediately, he tore it and burned it.
Until it is finished. He would tear [the scroll] and cast [the pieces] until he had cast the entire scroll onto the fire, etc.:
Metzudat Zion
"doors." This is a metaphorical/borrowed term applied to the verses [i.e., columns of text]:
"בתער" – a sharp and keen knife.
Tom. The matter of completion:
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
verse value 2474
Insights
Verse structure: 11 words, 54 letters. The shortest word is "and·not" (וְלֹ֣א, 3 letters) and the longest is "their·garments" (אֶת־בִּגְדֵיהֶ֑ם, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 465: their·garments, who·heard. 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "rent" (קָרְע֖וּ), "their·garments" (אֶת־בִּגְדֵיהֶ֑ם), "and·all·his·courtiers" (וְכׇל־עֲבָדָ֔יו). The root לא appears 2 times in this verse. 10 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "and·not" (root לא, 307x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah); "king" (root מלך, 253x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'their·garments', dividing the verse into phrases of 5 and 6 words.
Radak
“And they did not fear, and they did not tear.” For they ought to have feared and torn their garments upon hearing these words, and returned in repentance before God; yet they did not heed, upon hearing the words, the king and all his servants who were with him in the house. But the princes who came to the king and reported to him—they feared, as it is written above, “They feared, each man his fellow,” and likewise they confronted the king so that he would not burn the scroll. And our Sages of blessed memory expounded: “And they did not tear their garments”—from this we infer that tearing was required. And they relied on this and said: One who sees a Torah scroll that has been torn by force is obligated to tear his garments.
Metzudat David
And they did not fear. [I.e., they were not afraid] of the words stated in the scroll, and they did not tear their garments in the manner of grief and mourning, as would have been fitting.
“the king.” This means to say: neither the king nor all his servants, etc.
Malbim
And they did not fear the words, nor did they tear their garments over the burning of the scroll, for one who sees the Holy Writings being burned is required to tear [his garments], and all his servants who hear [the words] are the princes standing above the king.
And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Hashem hid them.
verse value 6304
Insights
Verse structure: 16 words, 93 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָֽה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "and" (וְאֵ֖ת, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·Shelemiah" (וְאֶת־שֶׁלֶמְיָ֙הוּ֙, 9 letters). 6 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "Jerahmeel" (אֶת־יְרַחְמְאֵ֨ל), "and·Seraiah" (וְאֶת־שְׂרָיָ֣הוּ), "son·of·Azriel" (בֶן־עַזְרִיאֵ֗ל). The root בין appears 3 times in this verse. 12 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "king" (root מלך, 253x in Jeremiah); "son·of·the·king" (root בין, 146x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'the·prophet', dividing the verse into phrases of 14 and 2 words.
Radak
"And the Lord hid them." This means that they searched in the place where they had been, but did not find them, for the Lord had hidden them. It is possible that He darkened their surroundings, or that He nullified their power of sight in that place where Jeremiah and Baruch had been.
Metzudat David
"To take." For he wanted to put them to death on account of the matter of the scroll:
"And the Lord hid them." They were hidden from their sight by means of a miracle.
Then the word of Hashem came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying:
verse value 4434
Insights
Verse structure: 14 words, 69 letters. The shortest word is "burning" (שְׂרֹ֣ף, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·the·words" (וְאֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים, 9 letters). Words sharing gematria 271: Jeremiah, saying. 1 word in this verse appears nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·the·words" (וְאֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים). 14 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "the·word·of·Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "saying" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'to·Jeremiah', dividing the verse into phrases of 3 and 11 words. Full calculation: וַיְהִ֥י [and·it·was] (31) + דְבַר־יְהֹוָ֖ה [the·word·of·Hashem] (232) + אֶֽל־יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ [to·Jeremiah] (302) + אַחֲרֵ֣י [after] (219) + שְׂרֹ֣ף [burning] (580) + הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ [king] (95) + אֶת־הַמְּגִלָּה֙ [the·roll] (484) + וְאֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֔ים [and·the·words] (668) + אֲשֶׁ֨ר [that] (501) + כָּתַ֥ב [he·wrote] (422) + בָּר֛וּךְ [Baruch] (228) + מִפִּ֥י [from·mouth·of] (130) + יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ [Jeremiah] (271) + לֵאמֹֽר [saying] (271) = 4434.
Radak
"And the word of the Lord came," after the king had burned the scroll and the words. Lest you say that he burned only the leaves of the scroll, but not the words written upon it—our Sages of blessed memory derived from this that one who sees a Torah scroll that has been burned is obligated to tear two rents in his garment: one for the parchment and one for the writing. As it is stated: "the scroll and the words." "The scroll" refers to the parchment; "the words" refers to the writing.
Metzudat David
"The scroll." This means: the parchment of the writing and the writing itself.
“Le’amar.” This is referring back to the beginning of the verse:
’Take you again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
verse value 5662
Insights
Verse structure: 17 words, 80 letters. The shortest word is "return" (שׁ֥וּב, 3 letters) and the longest is "all·the·words" (כׇּל־הַדְּבָרִים֙, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 501: that, that. 4 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "return" (שׁ֥וּב), "and·write" (וּכְתֹ֣ב), "upon·the·roll" (עַל־הַמְּגִלָּה֙). The root ראשון appears 2 times in this verse. 15 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "on" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah); "all·the·words" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'another', dividing the verse into phrases of 4 and 13 words.
And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say: Thus says Hashem: You have burned this roll, saying: Why have you written therein, saying: The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
verse value 8168
Insights
Verse structure: 24 words, 115 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֑ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "thus" (כֹּ֖ה, 2 letters) and the longest is "and·concerning·Jehoiakim" (וְעַל־יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים, 10 letters). Words sharing gematria 413: this, this. 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·concerning·Jehoiakim" (וְעַל־יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים), "you·burned" (שָׂרַ֜פְתָּ), "surely·come" (בֹּֽא־יָב֤וֹא). The root אמר appears 4 times in this verse. 19 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "you·shall·say" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "on" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'Hashem', dividing the verse into phrases of 6 and 18 words.
Metzudat David
And upon Jehoiakim. And to Jehoiakim:
"To say": This means that you said, "Why did you write on the scroll matters that indicate that the king of Babylon will devastate the land, etc.?"
Metzudat Zion
“And He shall cause to cease.” The matter is one of nullification and prevention.
Therefore thus says Hashem concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David; and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
verse value 3826
Insights
Verse structure: 17 words, 82 letters. Notable word values: "Hashem" (יְהֹוָ֗ה) = 26, the value of the divine name Hashem. The shortest word is "therefore" (לָכֵ֞ן, 3 letters) and the longest is "upon·Jehoiakim" (עַל־יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙, 9 letters). 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "upon·Jehoiakim" (עַל־יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙), "not·be·to" (לֹא־יִֽהְיֶה־לּ֥וֹ), "and·his·carcass" (וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙). The root היה appears 2 times in this verse. 16 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "Hashem" (root יהוה, 725x in Jeremiah); "thus·said" (root אמר, 476x in Jeremiah); "upon·Jehoiakim" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'David', dividing the verse into phrases of 10 and 7 words.
Radak
He shall not have a dweller on the throne of David. For Jehoiachin reigned only three months, and so he is not considered as one who dwelt on the throne.
"To the heat by day." For the Chaldeans did not allow him to be buried.
Metzudat David
“He shall not have.” This means that he will not have a son who will remain permanently seated on the royal throne, for his son Jehoiachin did not reign for more than three months and ten days.
“His carcass, etc.” – For he shall not be buried after his death, since he will die on the way, as they lead him into exile.
“L’chorev bayom.” It will be desecrated while lying exposed by day against the heat of the sun, and by night to frost when the waters freeze due to the severity of the cold.
Metzudat Zion
"לחורב" – The matter of heat/warmth, like "chorev" in "heat in the shadow of a cloud" (Isaiah 25:5).
"And [to] the frost." The matter of ice that congeals from the water in the days of cold, as in "He casts forth His ice" (Psalms 147:17).
And I will visit upon him and his seed and his servants their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not.’
verse value 6228
Insights
Verse structure: 17 words, 94 letters. Notable word values: "to·them" (אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם) = 86, equal to Elohim. Verse gematria: 6228 is divisible by 18, the value of chai ('life'). The shortest word is "and·not" (וְלֹ֥א, 3 letters) and the longest is "and·upon·his·servants" (וְעַל־עֲבָדָ֖יו, 8 letters). 2 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·upon·his·servants" (וְעַל־עֲבָדָ֖יו), "and·to·man·of" (וְאֶל־אִ֣ישׁ). The root עול appears 3 times in this verse. 14 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that·I·spoke" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "and·not" (root לא, 307x in Jeremiah); "upon·him" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'perversity', dividing the verse into phrases of 5 and 12 words.
Metzudat David
"And I will remember." I will remember against him, etc., the sin of burning the Megillah.
“all the evil.” This means the evil mentioned in that Megillah.
"As I spoke" etc. This means: Because I spoke to them My words, and they did not heed Me.
Metzudat Zion
And I will remember. The matter is one of remembrance:
A man of Judah. The men of Judah:
Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides to them many like words.
verse value 7166
Insights
Verse structure: 26 words, 120 letters. Notable word values: "and·still" (וְע֨וֹד) = 86, equal to Elohim. The shortest word is "took" (לָקַ֣ח, 3 letters) and the longest is "king·Judah" (מֶלֶךְ־יְהוּדָ֖ה, 8 letters). Words sharing gematria 345: the·scribe, the·book. 5 words in this verse appear nowhere else in Jeremiah. Unique to this verse in Jeremiah (hapax): "and·he·gave·it" (וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮), "and·still" (וְע֨וֹד), "was·added" (נוֹסַ֧ף). The root ירמיהו appears 2 times in this verse. 22 unique roots are used. Frequent roots: "that" (root אשר, 459x in Jeremiah); "on" (root על, 276x in Jeremiah); "all·words·of" (root דבר, 270x in Jeremiah). The etnachta (major mid-verse pause) falls on 'in·the·fire', dividing the verse into phrases of 20 and 6 words.
Rashi
"Many are the matters of this kind." Originally, there were three alphabetic acrostics: "Eichah yashvah" (How she sits) [Lamentations 1], "Eichah ya'iv" (How [the Lord] has beclouded) [Lamentations 2], and "Eichah yu'am" (How [the gold] has grown dim) [Lamentations 4]. And he added to them "Ani ha-gever" (I am the man) [Lamentations 3], in which every letter [of the alphabet] is tripled [i.e., three verses begin with each letter].
Radak
And furthermore, many additional matters like these were added to them. In the words of our Sages of blessed memory — Rabbi Chama son of Rabbi Chanina and Rav — one says: "and more was added to them" refers to "Eichah ya'ev" [How He has clouded (Lamentations 2:1)]; "words" refers to "Eichah yu'am" [How the gold is dimmed (Lamentations 4:1)]; "many" refers to "Zechor Hashem" [Remember, O LORD (Lamentations 5:1)]; "like these" refers to "Ani ha-gever" [I am the man (Lamentations 3:1)], which is from the triple[-verse acrostic]. And the other says: "and more was added to them" refers to "Ani ha-gever," which is from the triple[-verse acrostic]; this teaches that on the first scroll was already written "Eichah yeshavah" [How she sits (Lamentations 1:1)], "Eichah ya'ev," and "Eichah yu'am." This is what is meant by what is written: "and more was added to them, words ... like these" — "like these" is "Ani ha-gever," which is from the triple[-verse acrostic]; "many" — this is "Zechor Hashem."
Metzudat David
And there was an addition to these. From the mouth of Jeremiah, there was an addition to these from his own knowledge, many things, equal in measure to what was originally there. For initially he said three aleph-bet: "Eichah yashvah badad" (How she sits alone), "Eichah ya'iv be'apo" (How he has become dark in His anger), "Eichah yo'am zahav" (How the gold has become dim). And he added further: "Ani ha-gever ra'ah oni" (I, the man, have seen affliction), which is arranged three-by-three [three verses to each letter].
Radak