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 you should say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: You burned this scroll, asking, "Why did you write in it that the king of Babylon will definitely come and destroy this land, wiping out both people and animals?"'
God is confronting King Jehoiakim for burning the scroll containing God's warning about Babylon's coming destruction because the king didn't want to hear the uncomfortable truth.
📚 Historical Context
During the reign of King Jehoiakim of Judah in the 6th century BC, the prophet Jeremiah was delivering God's warnings about the impending invasion by Babylon, as the nation faced political turmoil and idolatry. Jeremiah had written a scroll containing these prophecies, which predicted that Babylon would destroy the land and remove its people, but the king rejected and burned it in an act of defiance. This event highlights the tension between divine authority and human rebellion in a time when Judah was vulnerable to foreign powers.
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