Jeremiah 36 · Verse 22

Jeremiah 36:22

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
Jeremiah 36:22, King James Version

Jeremiah 36:22 in other translations

BSBSince it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
WEBNow the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
ASVNow the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him.
YLTand the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,
DARBYNow the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.
BBENow the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.
WebsterNow the king sat in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

What does Jeremiah 36:22 mean?

Jamieson-Fausset-Brown
22. winter house--(Am 3:15). ninth month--namely, of the religious year, that is, November or December. fire on ... hearth--rather, the stove was burning before him. In the East neither chimneys nor ovens are used, but, in cold weather, a brazen vessel containing burning charcoal; when the wood has burned to embers, a cover is placed over the pot to make it retain the heat.

Robert Jamieson, A. R. Fausset & David Brown, 1871 · public domain

Adam Clarke's Commentary
Verse 22 Winterhouse - A warm apartment suited to the season of the year, (December), when in Palestine there is often snow upon the ground, though it does not last long. A fire on the hearth - a pan or brazier of burning coals. This is the case to the present day. In cold weather the rich burn wood in brass or earthen pans, placed in any part of the room; the indigent burn sticks on the floor.

Adam Clarke, 1831 · public domain

Matthew Henry's Concise Commentary on Jeremiah 36:20-32

Those who despise the word of God, will soon show, as this king did, that they hate it; and, like him, they would wish it destroyed. See what enmity there is against God in the carnal mind, and wonder at his patience. The princes showed some concern, till they saw how light the king made of it. Beware of making light of God's word!

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Jeremiah 36:22 in the original Hebrew

Word-by-word with transliteration, English gloss and Strong's number. Tap a number for the full definition and every place the word is used.

וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְve.ha.Me.lekhand the kingH4428
יוֹשֵׁב֙yo.Shev[was] sittingH3427
בֵּ֣יתbeit[the] house ofH1004
הַחֹ֔רֶףha.Cho.refthe winterH2779
בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁba.Cho.deshin the monthH2320
הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑יha.te.shi.'I<the> ninthH8671
וְאֶת\־ve.'Etand <obj.>H853
הָאָ֖חha.'Achthe fire-potH254
לְפָנָ֥יוle.fa.Nav<to> before himH6440
מְבֹעָֽרֶת\׃me.vo.'A.ret[was] kindledH1197

Source: STEPBible TAHOT/TAGNT (Tyndale House, CC BY 4.0).

Cross references for Jeremiah 36:22

  • Amos 3:15

    And I will smite the winter house with the summer house; and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall have an end, saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 36:9

    And 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 the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

  • Jeremiah 22:14-16

    That saith, I will build me a wide house and large chambers, and cutteth him out windows; and it is cieled with cedar, and painted with vermilion. Shalt thou reign, because thou closest thyself in cedar? did not thy father eat and drink, and do judgment and justice, and then it was well with him? He judged the cause of the poor and needy; then it was well with him: was not this to know me? saith the Lord.

  • Jeremiah 3:20

    Surely as a wife treacherously departeth from her husband, so have ye dealt treacherously with me, O house of Israel, saith the Lord.

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Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
A warm apartment suited to the season of the year, (December, when snow is often upon the ground in Palestine,) in which was a pan or brazier ({ach,} or {ikhkh,} as it is pronounced in Arabic) of burning charcoal; for we learn from Bp. Pococke, and Dr. Russel, that this was the mode in which the Orientals warmed their apartments.
22:14-16; 3:20; Am 3:15

Treasury of Scripture Knowledge (Samuel Bagster, c. 1836) · public domain

Context

  • Jeremiah 36:21

    So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

  • Jeremiah 36:22

    Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

  • Jeremiah 36:23

    And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

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Jeremiah 36:22 in other languages

Spanish
Reina-Valera 1909		Y el rey estaba en la casa de invierno en el mes noveno, y había un brasero ardiendo delante de él;
French
Bible J.N. Darby 1885		et le roi était assis dans la maison d’hiver, au neuvième mois; et le brasier brûlait devant lui.
German
Elberfelder 1871		Der König aber saß im Winterhause, im neunten Monat, und der Kohlentopf war vor ihm angezündet.
Latin
Clementine Vulgate		Rex autem sedebat in domo hiemali, in mense nono, et posita erat arula coram eo plena prunis.