Jeremiah 36
KJ3 Literal Translation — Chapter 36 of 52
Chapter Summary
Jeremiah causes Baruch to write his prophecy, and publicly to read it. The rulers send Jehudi to bring the roll. King Jehoiakim, hears part of it, and burns the roll.
Key Hebrew Words
People & Context
Son of Neriah, the scribe who writes Jeremiah's words on the scroll and reads it publicly in the temple
King of Judah who slices and burns the scroll in the fire-pot; cursed to have no heir on David's throne
The prophet who dictates the scroll while shut up, and rewrites it after the king destroys it
Son of Nethaniah, who fetches and reads the scroll to the king, then cuts and casts the leaves into the fire
Son of Gemariah, who hears the scroll read and reports its words to the rulers in the king's house
Son of Achbor, one of the rulers who entreated the king not to burn the scroll, but was not heeded
Timeline
Jeremiah dictates God's prophecies to Baruch, who writes them on a scroll and reads them in the temple on a fasting day. The rulers hear the words and fearfully take the scroll to the king.
Jeremiah 36:1-19As the scroll is read to King Jehoiakim, he cuts it with a scribe's knife and burns it in a winter fire-pot. He orders the arrest of Jeremiah and Baruch, but God hides them.
Jeremiah 36:20-26God commands Jeremiah to rewrite the scroll. He dictates all the former words to Baruch and adds many more, prophesying that Jehoiakim's dead body will be cast out to the heat and frost.
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