The scroll reaches the king
Jeremiah’s words were written by Baruch and eventually read before Jehoiakim. As columns were read, the king cut the scroll with a scribe’s knife and cast the pieces into the fire until the scroll was consumed.
SCRIPTURE · Jeremiah 36
The response is striking beside Josiah. Josiah heard the Book of the Law and tore his clothes. Jehoiakim heard the scroll and cut it. The record says the king and his servants were not afraid and did not tear their garments.
Burning the scroll did not end the word
After the first scroll was burned, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah again. Another scroll was taken, Baruch wrote the former words again at Jeremiah’s instruction, and many similar words were added.
FOLLOW THE CONNECTION
The physical scroll could be cut and burned. The word it carried was not erased by the king’s action. This is one of the clearest late-Judah examples of the project’s recurring theme: rulers change, kingdoms change, but the word continues.
Read: Jeremiah 36 · Jeremiah 45
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