Jeremiah 36:23

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Summary

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.

He cut

General references

Jeremiah 36:27

Bible References

He cut

And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

And 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:

And the king of Israel said to Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may inquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Seeing thou hatest instruction, and castest my words behind thee.

They rejected my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

And say, How have I hated instruction, and my heart despised reproof;

Whoever despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.

There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

There is no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.

He, that being often reproved hardeneth his neck, shall suddenly be destroyed, and that without remedy.

Woe to them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart-rope:

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which is in Jerusalem.

And if any man shall take away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God will take away his part out of the book of life, and out of the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.

General references

Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,