Jeremiah 36:28
26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
27 After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:
“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
29 You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’
30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.
Here the Bible tells a story about someone else. Ask yourself what it can say to us today. Do read the surrounding verses too, because the context often says more than a single verse.
Compare
- BSB
- “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
- KJV
- Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
- WEB
- “Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
- ASV
- Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
- DARBY
- Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
- BLB
- “Return, take for yourself another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were upon the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
- ÅB
- Ta deg en annen rull og skriv i den alle de forrige ord, de som sto i den forrige rull, som Judas konge Jojakim brant opp!
- OTB
- "Ta en annen bokrull og skriv på den alle ordene som var på den første bokrullen, som Jojakim, kongen av Juda, brente.
- B1930
- Ta dig en annen rull og skriv i den alle de forrige ord, de som stod i den forrige rull, som Judas konge Jojakim brente op!
Study notes (Tyndale)
Original text and word study
Cross references
Zechariah 1:5–6
Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?
Read in context2 Timothy 2:13
if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.
Read in contextJeremiah 44:28
Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!
Read in contextJeremiah 28:13–14
“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’
Read in contextMatthew 24:35
Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.
Read in contextJob 23:13
But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.
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