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,
Close to the original. Clear modern English.
✦ 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
King Jehoiakim had just burned the scroll containing Jeremiah's prophecies, which his scribe Baruch had carefully written down. This was an act of defiance against God's warnings about coming judgment on Judah. The king's burning of the scroll was meant to silence God's message, but instead it prompted God to give Jeremiah even more words to record.
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