Jeremiah 36:20-32

Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah's Scroll

20 So they went into the court to the king, having put the scroll in d the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and they reported all the words to the king. 21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary. And Jehudi read it to the king and all the officials who stood beside the king. 22 It was e the ninth month, and the king was sitting in f the winter house, and there was a fire burning in the fire pot before him. 23 As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a knife and throw them into the fire in the fire pot, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the fire pot. 24 Yet g neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid, h nor did they tear their garments. 25 Even when i Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah j urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. 26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the k king's son and Seraiah the son of Azriel and l Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize m Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.

27 Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah's dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 28 "Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. 29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, 'Thus says the Lord, You have burned this scroll, saying, n "Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it man and beast?" 30 Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: o He shall have none p to sit on the throne of David, q and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night. 31 r And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the people of Judah all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they would not hear.'"

32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to s Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who t wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

  1. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:12
    He went down to the king's house, into the secretary's chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials.
  2. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:9
    In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the Lord.
    John 10:22
    At that time the Feast of Dedication took place at Jerusalem. It was winter.
  3. Cross References
    Amos 3:15
    I will strike the winter house along with the summer house, and the houses of ivory shall perish, and the great houses shall come to an end," declares the Lord.
  4. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:16
    When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear. And they said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king.
  5. Cross References
    Joshua 7:6
    Then Joshua tore his clothes and fell to the earth on his face before the ark of the Lord until the evening, he and the elders of Israel. And they put dust on their heads.
  6. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:12
    He went down to the king's house, into the secretary's chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials.
  7. Cross References
    Isaiah 59:16
    He saw that there was no man, and wondered that there was no one to intercede; then his own arm brought him salvation, and his righteousness upheld him.
  8. Cross References
    1 Kings 22:26
    And the king of Israel said, "Seize Micaiah, and take him back to Amon the governor of the city and to Joash the king's son.
    Zephaniah 1:8
    And on the day of the Lord 's sacrifice - "I will punish the officials and the king's sons and all who array themselves in foreign attire.
  9. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:14
    Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, "Take in your hand the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come." So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.
  10. Cross References
    Jeremiah 45:1 - 3
    The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
  11. Cross References
    Jeremiah 26:9
    Why have you prophesied in the name of the Lord, saying, 'This house shall be like Shiloh, and this city shall be desolate, without inhabitant'?" And all the people gathered around Jeremiah in the house of the Lord.
  12. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:30
    Thus says the Lord : "Write this man down as childless, a man who shall not succeed in his days, for none of his offspring shall succeed in sitting on the throne of David and ruling again in Judah.
  13. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:2
    And say, 'Hear the word of the Lord, O king of Judah, who sits on the throne of David, you, and your servants, and your people who enter these gates.
    Jeremiah 22:4
    For if you will indeed obey this word, then there shall enter the gates of this house kings who sit on the throne of David, riding in chariots and on horses, they and their servants and their people.
  14. Cross References
    Jeremiah 22:19
    With the burial of a donkey he shall be buried, dragged and dumped beyond the gates of Jerusalem.
  15. Cross References
    Jeremiah 1:16
    And I will declare my judgments against them, for all their evil in forsaking me. They have made offerings to other gods and worshiped the works of their own hands.
  16. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:4
    Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord that he had spoken to him.
  17. Cross References
    Jeremiah 36:18
    Baruch answered them, "He dictated all these words to me, while I wrote them with ink on the scroll.
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