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| 1 And it came to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah, from Yahweh, saying: |
This word came – Its prophecies of dire disaster incurred the enmity of the king. R4857:2
Jeremiah – Restrained from liberty and forbidden to address the people publicly in the Temple. Similarly those who have "present truth" are forbidden to speak in the nominal churches. R2400:5
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| 2 Take thee a scroll, and write therein, all the words which I have spoken unto thee, concerning Israel, and, concerning Judah, and, concerning all the nations,–from the day I began to speak unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even until this day: |
Write therein – As Jeremiah employed Baruch, the scribe, to write the words of the prophecy, God's people today present their message in written form. R2400:6
Against all the nations – A solemn warning in our day, for the prophecy is not only against Israel but against all the nations." R1371:3
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| 3 Peradventure, the house of Judah will hearken, unto all the calamity, which I, am devising to execute against them,–to the end they may return, every man from his wicked, way, whereupon I will forgive their iniquity, and their sin. |
All the evil – The two uses of the word "evil" in this text illustrate the two kinds of evil (sin and calamity). Sin is always an evil but evil is not always a sin. R1226:2
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| 4 So Jeremiah called, Baruch, son of Neriah,–and Baruch wrote, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of Yahweh which he had spoken unto him, upon a scroll. |
Baruch wrote – Although he well knew that it meant the loss of the king's favor; a lesson to God's people today. R2400:5
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| 5 Then did Jeremiah command Baruch, saying,–I, am hindered, I cannot, enter the house of Yahweh; |
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| 6 Thou, therefore shalt enter, and read in the roll which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Yahweh, in the ears of the people, in the house of Yahweh, on the day of a fast,–moreover also, in the ears of all Judah who are coming in out of their cities, shalt thou read them: |
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| 7 Peradventure, their supplication, will fall prostrate, before Yahweh, and they return, every man from his wicked way,–For, great, are the anger and the indignation, which Yahweh hath spoken, against this people. |
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| 8 So then Baruch son of Neriah did, according to all which Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Yahweh, in the house of Yahweh. |
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| 9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people of Jerusalem, and all the people who were coming in out of the cities of Judah, into Jerusalem, had proclaimed a fast before Yahweh; |
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| 10 Baruch, therefore, read in the book, the words of Jeremiah, in the house of Yahweh,–in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan–the scribe, in the upper court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Yahweh, in the ears of all the people. |
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| 11 When Micaiah, son of Gemariah son of Shaphan, heard, all the words of Yahweh, out of the book, |
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| 12 then went he down unto the house of the king, up to the chamber of the scribe, and lo! there, all the princes sitting,–Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Achbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the princes, |
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| 13 So Micaiah told, them all the words which he heard,–when Baruch read in the book, in the ears of the people. |
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| 14 All the princes, therefore, sent, unto Baruch, Jehudi, son of Nethaniah son of Shelemiah son of Cushi, saying, The roll, wherein thou didst read in the ears of the people, take it in thy hand, and come. So Baruch son of Neriah took, the roll in his hand, and came in unto them. |
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| 15 Then said they unto him, Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears, So Baruch read, it in their ears. |
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| 16 And it came to pass, when they heard all the words, that they turned with fear one to another,–and said unto Baruch, We must, surely tell, the king, all these words! |
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| 17 Then, unto Baruch, put they questions, saying,–Tell us, we pray thee, How, didst thou write all these words at his mouth? |
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| 18 So Baruch said, unto them, With his own mouth, used he to proclaim unto me, all these words,–and I kept on writing in the book, with ink. |
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| 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let, no man, know where ye, are! |
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| 20 Then went they in unto the king, into the court, but, the roll, had they put in charge, in the chamber of Elishama the scribe,–so they declared, in the ears of the king, all the words. |
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| 21 The king, therefore, sent, Jehudi, to fetch the roll, and he fetched it, out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe,–and Jehudi read, it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes, who were standing near the king. |
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| 22 Now, the king, was sitting in the winter, house in the ninth, month,–with the fire-stove before him burning. |
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| 23 So then it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that he cut it up into fragments with a scribe's knife, and cast them into the fire that was in the stove,–until, all the roll, was consumed on the fire that was on the stove. |
Into the fire – He evidenced his disregard for the Word. R3614:3
Until all the roll – The entire manuscript was read and destroyed. R3614:2, R1371:3
Was consumed – All endeavors to destroy God's Word will fail. R2401:1
Papacy endeavored in vain to destroy the Bible. R3614:6
Some today, although they would not burn the Bible itself, would be in full sympathy with the burning of truth literature. R3615:3
Those in power today will be similarly disrespectful of the message and may futilely attempt to destroy it. R2400:6, R4858:4
The first edition of Tyndale's translation of the New Testament was bought up and burned. R3614:6, R4857:6
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| 24 Yet were they not in dread, neither rent they their garments,–the king, nor any of his servants that were hearing all these words. |
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| 25 Nevertheless, Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah, interceded with the king, not to burn the roll,–but he hearkened not unto them. |
Made intercession – Merely advised the king in a worldly-wise way, as some today advise a more liberal course. R2401:1
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| 26 Then did the king command Jerahmeel son of the king, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to fetch Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet,–but Yahweh had hid, them. |
The LORD hid them – Possibly at some time in the future the servants of Present Truth may need to hide from injustice. R2401:1
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| 27 Then came the word of Yahweh unto Jeremiah, after the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch had written from the mouth of Jeremiah, saying: |
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| 28 Again, take thee another, roll, and write thereon, all the former, words which were on the first roll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burned. |
Again another roll – Suggesting the manner in which the Bible came into existence--piece by piece, under the Lord's supervision. R3614:3
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| 29 But, unto Jehoiakim king of Judah, shalt thou say, Thus, saith Yahweh,–Thou, hast burned this roll, saying, Why, hast thou written thereon–saying, The king of Babylon shall, certainly come, and lay waste this land, and cause to cease therefrom, man and beast? |
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| 30 Therefore, Thus, saith Yahweh, Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah,–He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David,–And, his dead body, shall be cast out–to the heat by day, and to the frost by night;
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He shall have none – Messiah was of Nathan's line, not Solomon's. E132
If Christ were the son of Joseph this prophecy would be false. R468:1*
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| 31 And I will visit upon him, and upon his seed, and upon his servants, the punishment of their iniquity,–and will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and against, the men of Judah, all the calamity, which I have spoken against them, but they have not hearkened. |
I will punish him – As the king brought upon himself additional trouble as a punishment, all modern methods of fighting against God are sure to bring punishment. R2401:1
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| 32 So, Jeremiah, took another roll, and gave it unto Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, who wrote thereon, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book, which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned, in the fire,–and further, were added thereunto, many words like unto them |
Many like words – Resulting in the book of Jeremiah as we now have it. R3614:3
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