Jeremiah 36:27 Made Simple

KJV ORIGINAL

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,

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✦ MADE SIMPLE

Then the LORD spoke to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll that contained the words Baruch had written down as Jeremiah dictated them.

⚡ THE BOTTOM LINE

This verse shows that God continued to speak to Jeremiah even after the king destroyed the scroll containing God's messages.

📚 Historical Context

During the reign of King Jehoiakim in ancient Judah, the prophet Jeremiah was delivering God's warnings about impending judgment on the nation for their unfaithfulness. Jeremiah had dictated his prophecies to his scribe Baruch, who wrote them on a scroll, but the king burned it in an act of defiance against God's message. This event highlights God's persistence in communicating His word, as He then instructed Jeremiah to rewrite the prophecies.

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So Jeremiah got another scroll and handed it to his scribe Baruch (Neriah's son), who wrote down everything Jeremiah dictated, all the words from that book King Jehoiakim had thrown in the fire. And this time, they added even more words to it.

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Then Baruch answered them, 'He spoke all these words to me out loud, and I wrote them down with ink in the scroll.'

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