Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
I am shut up—not in prison, for there is no account of his imprisonment under Jehoiakim, and Jeremiah 36:19, Jeremiah 36:26 are inconsistent with it: but, "I am prevented," namely, by some hindrance; or, through fear of the king, to whose anger Baruch was less exposed, as not being the author of the prophecy.
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