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Jeremiah 36 Summary
Scroll Written, Burned, and Rewritten
God commands Jeremiah to write all His words against Israel and the nations in a scroll. Baruch writes and reads it in the temple; the princes hear and hide Jeremiah and Baruch. King Jehoiakim burns the scroll in contempt, but God commands the scroll to be rewritten with additional words, and judgment is pronounced on the king.
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Jeremiah 36:2
“Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.”
Jeremiah 36:10
“Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.”
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.”
Jeremiah 36:28
“Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.”
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