Commentaries:
Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown
they proclaimed . . . to all the people . . . to all, etc.—rather, "all the people . . . all the people proclaimed a fast" [MICHAELIS]. The chiefs appointed the fast by the wish of the people. In either version the ungodly king had no share in appointing the fast.
Other Jamieson, Fausset, and Brown entries containing Jeremiah 36:9:
Jeremiah 36:6
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