Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
25. Elnathan had made intercession ] See note on Jer 26:22.
Fuente: The Cambridge Bible for Schools and Colleges
It is remarkable to find Elnathan interceding for Jeremiah after the office he had discharged toward Urijah Jer 26:22.
Fuente: Albert Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
Verse 25. Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah] Three of the princes wished to save the roll, and entreated the king that it might not be burnt. They would have saved it out of the fire, but the king would not permit it to be done.
Fuente: Adam Clarke’s Commentary and Critical Notes on the Bible
These three princes seemed to have had a greater dread of God upon their hearts than the rest, for so far as they durst, they interposed, and besought the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hearken to their advice.
Fuente: English Annotations on the Holy Bible by Matthew Poole
25. (See on Jer36:16). The “nevertheless” aggravates the king’s sin;though God would have drawn him back through their intercession, hepersisted: judicial blindness and reprobation!
Fuente: Jamieson, Fausset and Brown’s Commentary Critical and Explanatory on the Whole Bible
Nevertheless, Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah,…. Three of the five princes mentioned in Jer 36:12;
had made intercession to the king, that he would not burn the roll; or suffer it to be burnt; this they did either at first, as soon as the roll was brought, that if the king should not like it, yet they besought him that he would not destroy it; or rather when they saw what Jehudi was going to do with it, either by the express order, or at the connivance of the king; then they humbly entreated that such an action might not be done, which gave them a secret horror, though they might endeavour to hide it as much as possible:
but he would not hear them; or he would not receive it of them, as the Targum; that is, their supplication and intercession; but either east the roll into the fire himself, or permitted Jehudi to do it; nor would he suffer it to be taken out till it was all consumed.
Fuente: John Gill’s Exposition of the Entire Bible
The Prophet aggravates the wickedness of the king by this circumstance, that three men opposed him, though they thereby subjected themselves to great danger. They saw that the king was carried away by the violence of his temper; and when he resisted God in a manner so insolent, what would he not have dared to do to them? That they notwithstanding hesitated not to intercede with him, was an instance of great courage. But it hence appears, that as the king did not attend to their counsel, his impiety was extreme.
The particle וגם ugam, is to be rendered nevertheless Many interpreters have not attended here to what is emphatical, and have therefore perverted the meaning of the Prophet, or at least have extenuated it so as not to represent faithfully the object of the Prophet; for there is, as I have said, a very emphatic exaggeration in the word Nevertheless And let us learn from this passage, that when God draws us back from wicked designs, we are less excusable if we persevere in executing what he clearly shews ought not to be done. Conscience will indeed always be to us in the place of thousand witnesses; and though no one be present as a witness or an adviser or a monitor, yet we shall in vain try to escape before God by pretending ignorance or mistake or want of thought: but when the Lord by the instrumentality of men calls us back, so that we may not go on in evil ways, if we are not persuaded to desist, then discovered more fully is our incorrigible perverseness, according to what the Prophet intimates here. In short, let us know that any one sins the more grievously, the more means God employs to draw him back from his evil course.
Since, then, we see how obstinate Jehoiakim was, there is no reason for us to wonder, that many at this day go on presumptuously in their course, though God as it were checks them, or at least sends men to restrain them. Let us, then, know that it is an old evil, so that we may not be disturbed by such a presumptuous contempt of the ungodly.
Let us also notice the example given here of a bold admonition: for it is something like a miracle to find those at this day in the courts of princes, who are bold enough to remonstrate when there is much danger; for, as it has been before stated, every one is ingenious in devising means to flatter; and as this is the best and shortest way to elevation, all apply themselves assiduously to this art. The Prophet had indeed said that the king and his counsellors did not rend their garments, and yet he tells us now of three who openly professed that they feared God: but when he spoke before of all the princes, we must understand him as speaking of them as a body. Then the three, mentioned now, must be excepted; nor is there a doubt but that they incurred the displeasure of all the courtiers, as they had them opposed to them, since they must have been ashamed of their own negligence; but they dared to draw on themselves the displeasure both of the king and of all the rest, for they saw that it was God’s cause. It follows —
Fuente: Calvin’s Complete Commentary
25. Made intercession not burn the roll The insane rage of the king is brought out into a stronger light by the counter requests of the scribes.
Fuente: Whedon’s Commentary on the Old and New Testaments
Jer 36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
Ver. 25. Nevertheless Elnathan. ] Who had before been active for the king in apprehending and slaughtering the prophet Uriah, Jer 26:22 but now haply touched with some remorse for having any hand in so bloody an act.
Had made intercession to the king.
Fuente: John Trapp’s Complete Commentary (Old and New Testaments)
Nevertheless = Moreover.
made intercession. Showing that Elnathan was less hostile than we might perhaps have concluded from Jer 26:22 and 2Ki 24:8.
Fuente: Companion Bible Notes, Appendices and Graphics
Elnathan: Jer 36:12, Jer 26:22
made: Jer 13:15-17, Gen 37:22, Gen 37:26-28, Mat 27:4, Mat 27:24, Mat 27:25, Act 5:34-39
but: Pro 21:29
Reciprocal: Jer 26:10 – the princes Jer 26:16 – General Jer 29:3 – Gemariah Jer 34:10 – when Jer 36:10 – Gemariah
Fuente: The Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
Jer 36:25. Nevertheless means that notwithstanding the pleas of these good men, the king destroyed the- roll by burning.
Fuente: Combined Bible Commentary
Jer 36:25-26. Nevertheless, Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah had made intercession, &c. These three princes appear to have had a greater dread of God upon their hearts than the rest, for, so far as they durst, they interposed and besought the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hearken to their advice; so far from it that he gives orders to apprehend both Jeremiah and Baruch. But the Lord bid them God by his providence kept them both out of their hands, directing them to such a place of recess as the kings messengers could not find out.