What Does Jeremiah 36:3 Mean?

if not; hence perhaps

“will hear”

to hear intelligently (often with implication of attention, obedience, etc.; causatively, to tell, etc.)

“It may be that the house”

a house (in the greatest variation of applications, especially family, etc.)

“of Judah”

jehudah (or judah), the name of five israelites; also of the tribe descended from the first, and of its territory

properly, self (but generally used to point out more definitely the object of a verb or preposition, even or namely)

properly, the whole; hence, all, any or every (in the singular only, but often in a plural sense)

“all the evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

who, which, what, that; also (as an adverb and a conjunction) when, where, how, because, in order that, etc

i

“which I purpose”

properly, to plait or interpenetrate, i.e., (literally) to weave or (generally) to fabricate; figuratively, to plot or contrive (usually in a maliciou

“to do”

to do or make, in the broadest sense and widest application

properly, heed, i.e., purpose; used only adverbially, on account of (as a motive or an aim), teleologically, in order that

“unto them that they may return”

to turn back (hence, away) transitively or intransitively, literally or figuratively (not necessarily with the idea of return to the starting point);

“every man”

a man as an individual or a male person; often used as an adjunct to a more definite term (and in such cases frequently not expressed in translation)

“way”

a road (as trodden); figuratively, a course of life or mode of action, often adverb

“all the evil”

bad or (as noun) evil (natural or moral)

“that I may forgive”

to forgive

“their iniquity”

perversity, i.e., (moral) evil

“and their sin”

an offence (sometimes habitual sinfulness), and its penalty, occasion, sacrifice, or expiation; also (concretely) an offender