Jeremiah 36:23

And when Jehudi had read three or four sections, he [[the king]] cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire, into the brasier, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire in the brasier.

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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

22And the king was sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and a brasier was burning before him.

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

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Cross References

Proverbs 1:30Because they would not attend to my counsel, And have despised all my reproof,—

Proverbs 13:13He that despiseth the word shall be destroyed; But he who revereth the commandment shall be rewarded.

Proverbs 21:30Wisdom is nothing, and understanding is nothing, And devices are nothing, against the LORD.

Isaiah 5:18Woe to them that draw calamity with cords of wickedness, And punishment as with wagon-traces,—

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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