[36] Cf. xxvi. 10.
[37] Isa. lviii. 3-8.
[38] Micah vi. 6-8.
[39] So Orelli, in loco.
[40] Hebrew text "to Baruch," which LXX. omits.
[41] In verse 18 the word "with ink" is not in the LXX., and may be an accidental repetition of the similar word for "his mouth."
[42] The A.V. and R.V. "all the words" is misleading: it should rather be "everything"; the princes did not recite all the contents of the roll.
[43] The English tenses "cut," "cast," are ambiguous, but the Hebrew implies that the "cutting" and "casting on the fire" were repeated again and again.
[44] One is called Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech (A.V.), or "the king's son" (R.V.); if the latter is correct we must understand merely a prince of the blood-royal and not a son of Jehoiakim, who was only thirty.
[45] For verses 29-31 see Chap. [VI]., where they are dealt with in connection with xxii. 13-19.