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Jeremiah 36:28

in Jeremiah 36

“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.

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The same verse in ASV and KJV ▾

ASV

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.

KJV

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.

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This verse in Jeremiah 36

Commentary

6 notes on this verse

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the L ORD in the L ORD 's house. In the beginning of Ezekiel's prophecy we meet with a roll written in vision, for discovery of the things therein contained to the prophet himself, who was to receive and digest them, Ezek. ii.

This site's exposition

After the king had burned the scroll

on Jeremiah 36:27-31

After the burning, Jeremiah is told to write “the very words that were on the original scroll.” The sentence on Jehoiakim follows: “He will have no one to sit on David’s throne.” Verse 31 extends the judgment to his descendants, his servants, and the people of Jerusalem and Judah.

This site's exposition

Take another scroll and rewrite on it

Adam Clarke notes that no copy of the first scroll survived, so the second had to come again from God through the prophet. The words were the same. What changed was a sentence on Jehoiakim himself, which verses 29 to 31 add.

The record, by era

The Puritans and the Awakening2 voices

Take thee again another roll,....

A commentator

Matthew Henry

1662–1714

Commentary on the Whole Bible (1710)

proposed

That the king of Judah, though a king, was severely reckoned with by the King of kings for this indignity done to the written word. God noticed what it was in the roll that Jehoiakim took so much offense at. Jehoiakim was angry because it was written therein, saying, Surely the king of Babylon shall come and destroy this land,

The Nineteenth Century1 voice

A commentator

Adam Clarke

1762–1832

Commentary on the Bible · Written before 1832.

proposed

Take thee again another roll - There was no duplicate of the former preserved; and now God inspired the prophet with the same matter that he had given him before; and there is to be added the heavy judgment that is to fall on Jehoiakim and his courtiers.

The words behind it

21 Hebrew words

Every Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.

  • שׁ֥וּבreturn

    shuvH7725 →1056 times

  • קַח־take

    kach-H3947 →966 times

  • לְךָ֖for <the> yourself

    lekha

  • מְגִלָּ֣הa scroll

    megilahH4039 →21 times

  • אַחֶ֑רֶתanother

    ʾacheretH312 →166 times

  • וּכְתֹ֣בand write

    ukhetoH3789 →224 times

  • עָלֶ֗יהָon it

    ʾaleihaH5921 →5755 times

  • אֵ֤ת<obj.>

    ʾetH853 →10935 times

  • כָּל־all

    kol-H3605 →5413 times

  • הַדְּבָרִים֙the words

    hadevarimH1697 →1440 times

  • הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים<the> former

    harishonimH7223 →182 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֣רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • הָי֗וּthey were

    hayuH1961 →3559 times

  • עַל־on

    ʾal-H5921 →5755 times

  • הַמְּגִלָּה֙the scroll

    hamegilahH4039 →21 times

  • הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה<the> former

    harishonahH7223 →182 times

  • אֲשֶׁ֥רwhich

    ʾasherH834 →5497 times

  • שָׂרַ֖ףhe burned

    sarafH8313 →117 times

  • יְהוֹיָקִ֥יםJehoiakim

    yehoyakimH3079 →37 times

  • מֶֽלֶךְ־[the] king of

    melekh-H4428 →2525 times

  • יְהוּדָֽה׃Judah

    yehudahH3063 →819 times

A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.

Related verses

8 in all, six open

The number beside each verse is how many compiled reference works tie it to this one. The strongest six stand open.

Zechariah 1:5–6Where are your fathers now? And the prophets, do they live forever?3 worksIsaiah 8:1Then the LORD said to me, “Take a large scroll and write on it with an ordinary stylus: Maher-shalal-hash-baz.3 worksJeremiah 44:28Those who escape the sword will return from Egypt to Judah, few in number, and the whole remnant of Judah who went to dwell in the land of Egypt will know whose word will stand, Mine or theirs!2 works2 Timothy 2:13if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.2 worksJeremiah 28:13–14“Go and tell Hananiah that this is what the LORD says: ‘You have broken a yoke of wood, but in its place you have fashioned a yoke of iron.’2 worksMatthew 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.2 works
The other 2 cross-references, with their words ▾
Job 23:13But He is unchangeable, and who can oppose Him? He does what He desires.2 worksJeremiah 36:4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.2 works

The walk

8 stops

Each card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.

  • Through

    Matthew 24:35

    Heaven and earth will pass away, but My words will never pass away.

    it leads to

    • Numbers 23:19

      God is not a man, that He should lie, or a son of man, that He should change His mind. Does He speak and not act? Does He promise and not fulfill?

      Reached by 2 separate paths from here.

    • Isaiah 40:8

      The grass withers and the flowers fall, but the word of our God stands forever.”

    • 1 Peter 1:25

      but the word of the Lord stands forever.” And this is the word that was proclaimed to you.

    • Isaiah 55:11

      so My word that proceeds from My mouth will not return to Me empty, but it will accomplish what I please, and it will prosper where I send it.

    • Matthew 5:18

      For I tell you truly, until heaven and earth pass away, not a single jot, not a stroke of a pen, will disappear from the Law until everything is accomplished.

  • Through

    2 Timothy 2:13

    if we are faithless, He remains faithful, for He cannot deny Himself.

    it leads to

    • Romans 3:3

      What if some did not have faith? Will their lack of faith nullify God’s faithfulness?

    • 1 Thessalonians 5:24

      The One who calls you is faithful, and He will do it.

    • 2 Thessalonians 3:3

      But the Lord is faithful, and He will strengthen you and guard you from the evil one.

Where this verse is studied

About Jeremiah

Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Baruch Writes Jeremiah's Prophecies — Gustave Doré, Doré's English Bible (1866), public domain
Jeremiah: the study guide →Read Jeremiah 36 →

This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763) and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.

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