Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 36:23
He — The king not having patience to hear above three or four columns, or periods, cut it in pieces and burned it in the fire.
He — The king not having patience to hear above three or four columns, or periods, cut it in pieces and burned it in the fire.
Verse Jeremiah 36:23. _WHEN JEHUDI HAD READ THREE OR FOUR LEAVES_] Rather columns; for the law, and the sacred Hebrew Books, are written in _columns_ of a certain breadth. דלתות _delathoth_, signifies...
LEAVES - Columns: literally folding-doors; the word exactly describes the shape of the columns of writing upon the scroll. PENKNIFE - “Scribe’s knife;” used to shape the reed for writing, and to make...
CHAPTER 36 The Indestructibility of the Word of God _ 1. The writing of the roll (Jeremiah 36:1) _ 2. The reading of the roll (Jeremiah 36:4) 3. The king cuts and burns the roll (Jeremiah 36
JEREMIAH 36. THE WRITING OF THE ROLL. This chapter narrates how the oral prophecies of Jeremiah were first put into writing (604 B.C.). The account is obviously important for the criticism of this boo...
LEAVES. columns. HE: i.e. the king. CUT IT. cut it up into fragments. PENKNIFE. a scribe _'_. knife. The words of Jehovah are cut up to-day, not with. scribe's knife, but with scribe's pens in the...
_when Jehudi had read_ rather, as Dr. "as often as J. read"; for Jeremiah 36:24 implies that the king heard all the contents. _leaves_ mg. _columns_, lit. _doors_(see on Jeremiah 36:2). _that_the kin...
See introd. summary to the ch....
THREE OR FOUR LEAVES— Their books were in the form of a scroll, and consisted of several pieces of parchment rolled upon each other. It must be likewise noted, however, that by _leaves_ several unders...
C. The Word Attacked Jeremiah 36:20-26 TRANSLATION (20) Then they went unto the king in the court, having deposited the scroll in the chamber of Elisham a the scribe, and they report all the words to...
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 wa...
36:23 columns, (a-14) Or 'pages.'...
EVENTS CONNECTED WITH THE COLLECTION OF JEREMIAH'S PROPHECIES INTO A VOLUME (4TH AND 5TH YEARS OF JEHOIAKIM) The prophecies concerning Israel and Judah are now ended, and we have here the record of t...
LEAVES] RM 'columns': see on Jeremiah 36:2. HE] i.e. the king....
THREE OR FOUR LEAVES... — The English words suggest the idea of a papyrus book rather than a parchment roll (see Note on Jeremiah 36:4), but the Hebrew word (literally _=_ a door) may indicate the col...
וַ יְהִ֣י ׀ כִּ קְרֹ֣וא יְהוּדִ֗י שָׁלֹ֣שׁ דּ
CHAPTER III THE ROLL Jeremiah 36:1 "Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee."- Jeremiah 36:2 THE incidents which form so large a proportion of the c...
A VAIN ATTEMPT TO DESTROY GOD'S WORD Jeremiah 36:1-32 These written words had been directly given from God, Jeremiah 36:18. The fast was instituted to seek divine help in the approaching conflict wit...
This chapter constitutes an interpolation in the chronological order of Jeremiah's prophesying. In detail it tells the story of the writing of the words of Jeremiah in a book to which he had incidenta...
_Pages. Perhaps what was written on so many skins, (Haydock) or sheets of paper, pasted together, and rolled up; or there might be some marks to shew the different subjects, like the sections used in...
It should seem,, that Baruch made great use of this roll, and read in it to the people continually! For it was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim that he wrote it, and began to read it; and here we find...
_THE INDESTRUCTIBLE BOOK_ ‘All the roll was consumed.’ Jeremiah 36:23 We often think the books of the prophets very dry reading; if we studied them more we should find in them incidents and scenes...
Here Jeremiah shews how little he had effected; for the king not only cast aside but tore the roll into pieces, and after having torn it, he wished its memory to perish, for he cast it into the fire....
Chapter 36 furnishes us with another example of the obstinacy with which the kings of Judah despised the call and the testimony of God. Jeremiah was shut up; but God can never fail in means to address...
AND IT CAME TO PASS, THAT WHEN JEHUDI HAD READ THREE OR FOUR LEAVES,.... Either three or four of the breadths of parchment, which were glued together, and rolled up; or three or four of the columns in...
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 th...
_When Jehudi had read three or four leaves_ Hebrew, דלתות, _rolls_, or _scrolls_, for their books, as we have observed, consisted of several pieces of parchment rolled upon each other. Dr. Waterland r...
And it came to pass that, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, the writer's knife with which the reed or style used for writing was pointed from time to time, AND CA...
THE ROLL DESTROYED AND REWRITTEN...
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...
He, that is, the king, not having patience to hear above three or four columns, or periods, or titles, took the penknife that (it is like) Jehudi had, and cut it in pieces, and burned it in the fire t...
Jeremiah 36:23 Jehudi H3065 read H7121 (H8800) three H7969 four H702 columns H1817 cut H7167 (H8799) knife...
THE SCROLL IS BROUGHT TO THE KING AND IS READ BEFORE HIM AND ON HEARING EACH SECTION HE CUTS IT UP WITH A KNIFE AND BURNS IT AFTER WHICH HE CALLS FOR THE ARREST OF JEREMIAH AND BARUCH WHO ARE, HOWEVER...
JEREMIAH WRITES OUT HIS PROPHECIES IN WRITTEN FORM AND COMMITS THEM TO BARUCH WHO READS THEM OUT IN THE TEMPLE. THE SCROLL EVENTUALLY REACHES JEHOIAKIM WHO DEMONSTRATES HIS CONTEMPT FOR THE PROPHET BY...
Jeremiah 36:23 I. The case of the Rechabites is the extreme of obedience; the story of Jehoiakim's burning the roll represents the extreme of disobedience. Between these two cases, thus brought into c...
CONTENTS: Jeremiah's writing in the days of Jehoiakim. Reading on the fast day. Burning of the roll and orders to persecute Jeremiah. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Jehoiakim, Josiah, Baruch, Gemariah, M...
Jeremiah 36:1. _The fourth year of Jehoiakim._ Though this chapter seems out of its place, yet it may not be so, but may be a reference to past events. Jeremiah 36:2. _Take thee a roll of a book._ Anc...
_He cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth until an the ton was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth _ THE BURNT ROLL I. The incidents connected with the t...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 36:23 The KING and HIS SERVANTS show no regard for God’s word. To them the scroll is merely fuel for the FIRE. To cut... of
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—1. CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—“_Fourth of Jehoiakim._” See Note on chap. 25. 2. NATIONAL AFFAIRS.—Jehoiakim was at that time vassal of Pharoah-Necho; but Nebuchadnezzar...
CHAPTERS 36-38. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS PRECEDING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. Jeremiah 36:1. THE ROLL OF PROPHECY DESTROYED BY JEHOIAK
This time shall we turn to Jeremiah chapter 36 as we continue our journey through the Word of God towards heaven. Now as we have pointed out, the prophecies of Jeremiah are not in chronological order...
1 Kings 22:27; 1 Kings 22:8; Deuteronomy 29:19; Isaiah 28:14;...
THE WORD OF THE LORD Jeremiah 36:1 INTRODUCTORY WORDS We want to show you how it was that Jeremiah spoke not his own words, but the words of the Lord. In order to do this, we want to place before y...