15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
15 They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.
15 And they said to him, "Sit down and read it." So Baruch read it to them.
15 The officials told him, "Sit down. Read it to us, please." Baruch read it.
15 And they said to him, "Sit down now, and read it in our hearing." So Baruch read it in their hearing.
15 "Sit down and read the scroll to us," the officials said, and Baruch did as they requested.
Matthew Henry's Commentary on Jeremiah 36:15
Commentary on Jeremiah 36:9-19
(Read Jeremiah 36:9-19)
Shows of piety and devotion may be found even among those, who, though they keep up forms of godliness, are strangers and enemies to the power of it. The princes patiently attended the reading of the whole book. They were in great fear. But even those who are convinced to the truth and importance of what they hear, and are disposed to favour those who preach it, often have difficulties and reserves about their safety, interest, or preferment, so that they do not act according to their convictions, and try to get rid of what they find troublesome.