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.
Get another scroll and write on it all the same words that were on the first scroll, which King Jehoiakim of Judah burned up.
God is telling Jeremiah to rewrite His message that the king destroyed, showing that God's word cannot be silenced by human opposition.
📚 Historical Context
In the biblical account from the Book of Jeremiah, the prophet was commanded by God to write down warnings of judgment against Judah due to their sins, which were recorded on a scroll by his scribe Baruch. King Jehoiakim, angered by the message, burned the original scroll as an act of defiance during a time of political instability with the rising Babylonian threat around 605 BC. God then instructed Jeremiah to rewrite the scroll, emphasizing that His word could not be permanently destroyed.
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