Jeremiah 36:23

And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that he 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.

JPS TaNaKH 1917

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.

24Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

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Cross References

Deuteronomy 29:19(29-18) and it come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he bless himself in his heart, saying: 'I shall have peace, though I walk in the stubbornness of my heart — that the watered be swept away with the dry';

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

Proverbs 1:30They would none of my counsel, they despised all my reproof.

Proverbs 13:13Whoso despiseth the word shall suffer thereby; but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

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

Isaiah 5:18Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, 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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