Jeremiah 36:27

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, THE ROLL AND THE WORDS - i:e., the roll of words....

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 wonder at his patience. The princes showed some concern, till they saw how light the king made of it. Beware of making light of God's word!...

CHAPTERS 36-38. NARRATIVE OF EVENTS PRECEDING THE SIEGE OF JERUSALEM. Jeremiah 36:1. THE ROLL OF PROPHECY DESTROYED BY JEHOIAKIM. EXPOSITION In the fourth year of Jehoiakim (which, it is important to remember, was the first of Nebuchadnezzar) Jeremiah was directed to write down all his previous revelations, from the beginning of his ministry to the present day. Such, at least, is the literal meaning of verses 1, 2; but it would seem that the literal meaning can hardly be the right one. First of all, a historically accurate reproduction of the prophecies would not have suited Jeremi

THEN THE WORD OF THE LORD CAME TO JEREMIAH,.... In the place where he was hid; the Lord knew where he was, for he hid him, and therefore could send his word to him: AFTER THE KING HAD BURNT THE ROLL; either with his own hands, or had ordered it to be burnt, or connived at the burning of it: AND THE WORDS WHICH BARUCH WROTE AT THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH; hence the Jews u gather, that when a man sees the book of the law burnt, that he is bound to rend his garments twice; once for the burning of the paper or parchment, and again for the burning of the writing; but no other is meant than the roll, in which the prophecies were written, Baruch took from the mouth of Jeremiah: SAYING; as follows: u T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 26. 1....

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 36:21) 4. The indestructibility of the Word of God (Jeremiah 36:27) Jeremiah 36:1. Once more we are taken back to the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Jeremiah is now commanded to commit all the words Jehovah had spoken to him to writing. It was for the purpose that the people might hear of all the evil and

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 book see Introduction, § 4, for the probable contents of the roll. The circumstances also throw light on the origin of written prophecy in general; the failure of the oral testimony (Jeremiah 36:3 cf. Isaiah 8:1; Isaiah 8:16; Isaiah 30:8) led to its preservation through writing. The pioneers amongst the so-called literary prophets are not primarily writers at all; the written records of their work are largely incidental, a fact which helps to explain the f

THE THIRTY-THIRD PROPHECY OF JEREMIAH (see book comments for Jeremiah). CAME. The word of the LORD was "not bound". Compare 2 Timothy 2:9. THE ROLL, AND THE WORDS. Note the Figure of speech _Hendiadys_. "the roll, yea, the very words of Jehovah written therein"....

See introd. summary to the chapter. Du. and Co. consider that the passage, as it stands, shews traces of a later hand, on the ground that the king is represented as addressing Jeremiah (Jeremiah 36:29), though they did not meet. This, however, seems somewhat hypercritical. It is true that Jeremiah 36:30 may seem to imply that Jehoiakim would have no son to succeed him, whereas Jehoiachin reigned, though only for three months (2 Kings 24:8). If this, however, had been the sense attached to the saying when placed here, it probably would not have been inserted, as not being in accordance with the result. "Sit" may quite naturally be taken to mean _sit permanently_, Jehoiachin's short reign being ignored....

DISCOURSE: 1081 JEHOIAKIM BURNS THE SACKED ROLL Jeremiah 36:27. _Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, (after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,) saying, 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_. TRUTH has peculiar force, when it is embodied, and exhibited in action. A speculative view of it may perhaps be derived as well from abstract statements; but its practical efficacy is exceedingly enhanced by a sight of it in actual operation. For instance: the enmity of the carnal mind against God is acknowledged by us in general terms; but we are more forcibly impressed with a conviction of it, when we behold such a display of it as is contained in the chapter before us. We should scarcely conceive that any

D. The Word Restored Jeremiah 36:27-32 TRANSLATION (27) And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, (28) Get yourself another scroll and write upon it all the former words which were upon the first scroll which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned. (29) And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah say, Thus says the LORD: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written upon it that the king of Babylon will come and destroy this land causing both man and beast to cease from it? (30) Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall not have a descendant to sit upon the throne of David, and his body shall be cast forth to the heat of the day and the frost of the night. (31) I will punish him, his seed, and his servants for their iniquity