Jeremiah 36:23

And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that [the king] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

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In The King James Version

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 was on the hearth.

In Context

22Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and the brazier [was] burning before him.

24And they were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:19and it comes to pass, when he hears the words of this curse, that he blesses himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart, to destroy the moist with the dry.

1 Kings 22:27and say, Thus says the king, Put this fellow in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction until I come in peace.

Proverbs 1:30They wanted none of my counsel. They despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 13:13He who despises the word brings destruction on himself, but he who fears the commandment shall be rewarded.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against LORD.

Isaiah 5:18Woe to those who draw iniquity with cords of falsehood, and sin as it were with a cart rope,

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 36:21-32

Jeremiah's Roll Consumed. ( b. c. 607.) 20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king. 22 Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before… Read the whole commentary →

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