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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: "Take yet another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. Jeremiah 36:27-28 NKJV
No wonder the southern Jewish kingdom of Judah was in trouble. Its king was burning God’s Word.
Judah’s northern neighbor, Israel, had already fallen to Assyria. Now Jeremiah warned Judah of a looming Babylonian threat. “Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them,” God told His prophet, “they will each turn from their wicked ways” (Jeremiah 36:3).
King Jehoiakim, however, resented Jeremiah’s message. “Why did you write on it,” he asked, “that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land?” (Jeremiah 36:29). As the prophet’s scroll was read, the king cut off strips that he tossed into the fire.
Jehoiakim got rid of Jeremiah’s scroll, but he could never destroy God’s Word. Nor could any other king or nation. Why? Because the Word of God is “alive and active” (Hebrews 4:12). Though people are like withering grass, God’s Word “endures forever” (Isaiah 40:8). In the words of an old hymn, “The Bible stands through the hills may tumble / It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble; / I will plant my feet on its firm foundation. / For the Bible stands.”
Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your enduring Word.
No wonder the southern Jewish kingdom of Judah was in trouble. Its king was burning God’s Word.
Judah’s northern neighbor, Israel, had already fallen to Assyria. Now Jeremiah warned Judah of a looming Babylonian threat. “Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them,” God told His prophet, “they will each turn from their wicked ways” (Jeremiah 36:3).
King Jehoiakim, however, resented Jeremiah’s message. “Why did you write on it,” he asked, “that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land?” (Jeremiah 36:29). As the prophet’s scroll was read, the king cut off strips that he tossed into the fire.
Jehoiakim got rid of Jeremiah’s scroll, but he could never destroy God’s Word. Nor could any other king or nation. Why? Because the Word of God is “alive and active” (Hebrews 4:12). Though people are like withering grass, God’s Word “endures forever” (Isaiah 40:8). In the words of an old hymn, “The Bible stands through the hills may tumble / It will firmly stand when the earth shall crumble; / I will plant my feet on its firm foundation. / For the Bible stands.”
Prayer: Lord, thank You for Your enduring Word.
