Jeremiah 36:23
And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the scribe's pen-knife, 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.
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Deuteronomy 29:19And it should come to pass, when he heareth the words of this curse, that he should bless himself in his heart, saying, I shall have peace, though I walk in the imagination of my heart, to add drunkenness to thirst:
1 Kings 22:27And say, Thus saith the king, Put this man in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction, and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.
Proverbs 1:30They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Proverbs 13:13Whoever despiseth the word shall be destroyed: 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 to 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 →