Jeremiah 36:23 - Forerunner Commentary

Jeremiah 36:23

21 So the king sent Jehudi to bring the scroll, and he took it from Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and in the hearing of all the princes who stood beside the king.

22 Now the king was sitting in ^athe winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the hearth before him.

23 And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

24 Yet they were ^anot afraid, nor did they ^btear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

25 Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah implored the king not to burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.

26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.

Jeremiah Rewrites the Scroll

27 Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words which Baruch had written at the instruction of Jeremiah, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying:

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Interlinear Bible for Jeremiah 36:23:

And it came to pass,
hayah (#1961) that when Jehudi
Yhuwdiy (#3065) had read
qara' (#7121) three
shalowsh (#7969) or four
'arba` (#702) leaves,
deleth (#1817) he cut
qara` (#7167) it with the penknife,
ta`ar (#8593) and cast
shalak (#7993) it into
'el (#413) the fire
'esh (#784) that
'aher (#834) was on
'el (#413) the hearth,
'ach (#254) until
`ad (#5704) all
kol (#3605) the roll
mgillah (#4039) was consumed
tamam (#8552) in
`al (#5921) the fire
'esh (#784) that
'aher (#834) was on
`al (#5921) the hearth.
'ach (#254)

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