Focused Passage

Jeremiah 36:27-32

The Scroll Written, Read, Cut, Burned, and Written Again

The chapter moves from the LORD's command to write his words, to Baruch's public reading, to the officials' fearful response, to Jehoiakim's defiant burning of the scroll, to the LORD's judgment on the king, and finally to the rewritten and expanded scroll.

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27 After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

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

29 You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.

31 I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”

32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

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Verse 27

Original words

After אַחֲרֵ֣י׀ H310 Preposition the king הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ H4428 Article | Noun - masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker had burned שְׂרֹ֣ף H8313 Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct the scroll הַמְּגִלָּה֙ H4039 Article | Noun - feminine singular - וְאֶת־ H853 Conjunctive waw | Direct object marker containing the words הַדְּבָרִ֔ים H1697 Article | Noun - masculine plural that אֲשֶׁ֨ר H834 Pronoun - relative Baruch בָּר֛וּךְ H1263 Noun - proper - masculine singular had written כָּתַ֥ב H3789 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular at Jeremiah’s יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ H3414 Noun - proper - masculine singular dictation מִפִּ֥י H6310 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct the word דְבַר־ H1697 Noun - masculine singular construct of the LORD יְהוָ֖ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular came וַיְהִ֥י H1961 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular to אֶֽל־ H413 Preposition Jeremiah יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ H3414 Noun - proper - masculine singular - לֵאמֹֽר׃ H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct
Verse 28

Original words

Take קַח־ H3947 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular another אַחֶ֑רֶת H312 Adjective - feminine singular scroll מְגִלָּ֣ה H4039 Noun - feminine singular and שׁ֥וּב H7725 Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular rewrite וּכְתֹ֣ב H3789 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Imperative - masculine singular on it עָלֶ֗יהָ H5921 Preposition | third person feminine singular - אֵ֤ת H853 Direct object marker vvv כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the very words הַדְּבָרִים֙ H1697 Article | Noun - masculine plural הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים H7223 Article | Adjective - masculine plural that אֲשֶׁ֣ר H834 Pronoun - relative were הָי֗וּ H1961 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural on עַל־ H5921 Preposition the original הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה H7223 Article | Adjective - feminine singular scroll הַמְּגִלָּה֙ H4039 Article | Noun - feminine singular which אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative Jehoiakim יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים H3079 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָֽה׃ H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular has burned שָׂרַ֖ף H8313 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular
Verse 29

Original words

You are to proclaim תֹּאמַ֔ר H559 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - second person masculine singular concerning וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition Jehoiakim יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים H3079 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָה֙ H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular that this is what כֹּ֖ה H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֑ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular You אַ֠תָּה H859 Pronoun - second person masculine singular have burned שָׂרַ֜פְתָּ H8313 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker the הַזֹּאת֙ H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular scroll הַמְּגִלָּ֤ה H4039 Article | Noun - feminine singular and said לֵאמֹ֔ר H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct Why מַדּוּעַ֩ H4069 Interrogative have you written כָּתַ֨בְתָּ H3789 Verb - Qal - Perfect - second person masculine singular on it עָלֶ֜יהָ H5921 Preposition | third person feminine singular that לֵאמֹ֗ר H559 Preposition-l | Verb - Qal - Infinitive construct the king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Babylon בָּבֶל֙ H894 Noun - proper - feminine singular would surely come בֹּֽא־ H935 Verb - Qal - Infinitive absolute . . . יָב֤וֹא H935 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular and destroy וְהִשְׁחִית֙ H7843 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker this הַזֹּ֔את H2063 Article | Pronoun - feminine singular land הָאָ֣רֶץ H776 Article | Noun - feminine singular and deprive it וְהִשְׁבִּ֥ית H7673 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - third person masculine singular of מִמֶּ֖נָּה H4480 Preposition | third person feminine singular man אָדָ֥ם H120 Noun - masculine singular and beast וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ס H929 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular
Verse 30

Original words

Therefore לָכֵ֞ן H3651 Adverb this is what כֹּֽה־ H3541 Adverb the LORD יְהוָ֗ה H3068 Noun - proper - masculine singular says אָמַ֣ר H559 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular about עַל־ H5921 Preposition Jehoiakim יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ H3079 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶ֣לֶךְ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֔ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular He will have יִֽהְיֶה־ H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person masculine singular no לֹא־ H3808 Adverb - Negative particle one to sit יוֹשֵׁ֖ב H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine singular on עַל־ H5921 Preposition David’s דָוִ֑ד H1732 Noun - proper - masculine singular throne כִּסֵּ֣א H3678 Noun - masculine singular construct and his body וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙ H5038 Conjunctive waw | Noun - feminine singular construct | third person masculine singular will be תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה H1961 Verb - Qal - Imperfect - third person feminine singular thrown out מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶת H7993 Verb - Hofal - Participle - feminine singular [and] exposed to heat לַחֹ֥רֶב H2721 Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular by day בַּיּ֖וֹם H3117 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular and frost וְלַקֶּ֥רַח H7140 Conjunctive waw, Preposition-l, Article | Noun - masculine singular by night בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃ H3915 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - masculine singular
Verse 31

Original words

I will punish וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י H6485 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular him עָלָ֧יו H5921 Preposition | third person masculine singular and וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition his descendants זַרְע֛וֹ H2233 Noun - masculine singular construct | third person masculine singular . . . וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition and servants עֲבָדָ֖יו H5650 Noun - masculine plural construct | third person masculine singular - אֶת־ H853 Direct object marker for their iniquity עֲוֺנָ֑ם H5771 Noun - common singular construct | third person masculine plural I will bring וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י H935 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Hifil - Conjunctive perfect - first person common singular on them עֲ֠לֵיהֶם H5921 Preposition | third person masculine plural on וְעַל־ H5921 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the residents יֹשְׁבֵ֨י H3427 Verb - Qal - Participle - masculine plural construct of Jerusalem יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם H3389 Noun - proper - feminine singular and on וְאֶל־ H413 Conjunctive waw | Preposition the men אִ֣ישׁ H376 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֗ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֵ֧ת H853 Direct object marker all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the calamity הָרָעָ֛ה H7451 Article | Adjective - feminine singular about which אֲשֶׁר־ H834 Pronoun - relative I warned them דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי H1696 Verb - Piel - Perfect - first person common singular . . . אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם H413 Preposition | third person masculine plural but they did not וְלֹ֥א H3808 Conjunctive waw | Adverb - Negative particle listen שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ס H8085 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person common plural
Verse 32

Original words

Then Jeremiah וְיִרְמְיָ֜הוּ H3414 Conjunctive waw | Noun - proper - masculine singular took לָקַ֣ח׀ H3947 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular another אַחֶ֗רֶת H312 Adjective - feminine singular scroll מְגִלָּ֣ה H4039 Noun - feminine singular and gave וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮ H5414 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular | third person feminine singular it to אֶל־ H413 Preposition the scribe הַסֹּפֵר֒ H5608 Article | Noun - masculine singular Baruch בָּר֣וּךְ H1263 Noun - proper - masculine singular son בֶּן־ H1121 Noun - masculine singular construct of Neriah נֵרִיָּהוּ֮ H5374 Noun - proper - masculine singular and at Jeremiah’s יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ H3414 Noun - proper - masculine singular - אֵ֚ת H853 Direct object marker dictation מִפִּ֣י H6310 Preposition-m | Noun - masculine singular construct he wrote וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב H3789 Conjunctive waw | Verb - Qal - Consecutive imperfect - third person masculine singular on it עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ H5921 Preposition | third person feminine singular all כָּל־ H3605 Noun - masculine singular construct the words דִּבְרֵ֣י H1697 Noun - masculine plural construct of the scroll הַסֵּ֔פֶר H5612 Article | Noun - masculine singular that אֲשֶׁ֥ר H834 Pronoun - relative Jehoiakim יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים H3079 Noun - proper - masculine singular king מֶֽלֶךְ־ H4428 Noun - masculine singular construct of Judah יְהוּדָ֖ה H3063 Noun - proper - masculine singular had burned שָׂרַ֛ף H8313 Verb - Qal - Perfect - third person masculine singular in the fire בָּאֵ֑שׁ H784 Preposition-b, Article | Noun - common singular And many רַבִּ֖ים H7227 Adjective - masculine plural . . . כָּהֵֽמָּה׃ס Preposition-k | Pronoun - third person masculine plural similar וְע֨וֹד H5750 Conjunctive waw | Adverb words דְּבָרִ֥ים H1697 Noun - masculine plural were added נוֹסַ֧ף H3254 Verb - Nifal - Perfect - third person masculine singular to them עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם H5921 Preposition | third person masculine plural

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