When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes {to show he was sad and upset}.
Jeremiah 36:16 - Easy To Read Version Those royal officials heard all the messages from the scroll. {\cf2\super [308]} Then they became afraid, and they looked at one another. They said to Baruch, “We must tell King Jehoiakim about these messages on the scroll.” Tuilleadh leaganachaKing James Version (Oxford) 1769 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. Amplified Bible - Classic Edition Now when they had heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear and said to Baruch, We must surely tell the king of all these words. American Standard Version (1901) Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. Common English Bible When they heard all its words, they were alarmed and said to Baruch: “We must at once report all this to the king!” Catholic Public Domain Version Therefore, when they had heard all the words, each one looked at his neighbor in astonishment, and they said to Baruch: "We ought to report all these words to the king." Douay-Rheims version of The Bible - 1752 version And when they had heard all the words, they looked upon one another with astonishment and they said to Baruch: We must tell the king all these words. |
When the king heard the words of the Book of the Law, he tore his clothes {to show he was sad and upset}.
Tell these things to the king and his wife,\par “Come down from your thrones.\par Your beautiful crowns have fallen from your heads.”\par
A message to the prophets:\par I am very sad—my heart is broken.\par All my bones are shaking.\par I (Jeremiah) am like a man that is drunk.\par Why? Because of the Lord\par and his holy words.\par
And, when King Jehoiakim and his servants heard the message from the scroll, they were not afraid. They didn’t tear their clothes to show sorrow for doing wrong.