“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.
Parallel translations
- WEB “Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has 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.
- BSB “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
- NASB “Take again another scroll and write on it all the previous words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah burned.
- NLT “Get another scroll, and write everything again just as you did on the scroll King Jehoiakim burned.
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Quick answer
God commands Jeremiah to write a new scroll containing all the words the king burned.
Overview
The Lord instructs the prophet to replace the destroyed scroll, restoring every word Jehoiakim sought to erase. This act vividly shows the indestructibility of God's word. What man burns, God restores, for His revelation cannot be undone by human rebellion.
Cross-references & the web
Cross-references · 6
- Zech 1:5–6Your fathers, where are they? And the prophets, do they live forever?
- Jer 28:13–14“Go, and tell Hananiah, saying, ‘Yahweh says, “You have broken the bars of wood, but you have made in their place bars of iron.”
- Jer 44:28Those who escape the sword shall return out of the land of Egypt into the land of Judah, few in number; and all the remnant of Judah, who have gone into the land of Egypt to live there, shall know whose word shall stand, mine, or theirs.
- Job 23:13But he stands alone, and who can oppose him? What his soul desires, even that he does.
- 2 Tim 2:13If we are faithless, he remains faithful. For he can’t deny himself.”
- Matt 24:35Heaven and earth will pass away, but my words will not pass away.
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Against the failure of false shepherds Jeremiah promises the Righteous Branch, 'The LORD our righteousness,' and the new covenant written on the heart and sealed in the blood of Christ.
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