Jeremiah 36:23

because of the iniquity which they wrought in Israel, and because they committed adultery with the wives of their fellow-citizens, and spoke a word in my name, which I did not command them to speak, and I am witness, saith the Lord.

Brenton Septuagint

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

22And they shall make of them a curse in all the captivity of Juda in Babylon, saying, The Lord do to thee as he did to Sedekias, and as he did to Achiab, whom the king of Babylon fried in the fire;

24And to Samæas the Ælamite thou shalt say,

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:19And it shall be if one shall hear the words of this curse, and shall flatter himself in his heart, saying, + 29:19 Lit. May holy things happen to me. See the use of ὅσια in Is. 55. 3; Acts 13. 34.Let good happen to me, for I will walk in the error of my heart, lest the sinner destroy the guiltless with him:

1 Kings 22:27and tell Joas the king's son to put this fellow in prison, and to feed him with bread of affliction and water of affliction until I return in peace.

Proverbs 1:30neither would they attend to my counsels, but derided my reproofs.

Proverbs 13:13a To a crafty son there shall be nothing good: but a wise servant shall have prosperous doings, and his way shall be directed aright.

Proverbs 21:30There is no wisdom, there is no courage, there is no counsel against the ungodly.

Isaiah 5:18Woe to them that draw sins to them as with a long rope, and iniquities as with a thong of the heifer's yoke:

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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