Jeremias 36:23

23 E havendo Jeúdi lido três ou quatro colunas, o rei as cortava com o canivete do escrivão, e as lançava no fogo que havia no braseiro, até que todo o rolo se consumiu no fogo que estava sobre o braseiro.

Jeremias 36:23 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 36:23

And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four
leaves
Either three or four of the breadths of parchment, which were glued together, and rolled up; or three or four of the columns in those breadths. The meaning is, he had read a few of them. The Rabbins

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FOOTNOTES:

F19 would have it, that three or four verses in the book of the Lamentations are meant: he cut it with the penknife;
that is, he cut the roll to pieces with a penknife he had in his hand, or lay near him. It is difficult to say who it was that did this; whether Jehudi that read the roll, or Jehoiakim the king that heard it; most interpreters understand it of the latter; but the connection of the words carries it to the former; for the nearest antecedent to the relative he is Jehudi; though it is highly probable he did it at the king's command; or, however, saw by his countenance and behaviour that such an action would be grateful to him; and that he was highly displeased with what had been read, and could not hear any longer with patience: and cast it into the fire that [was] on the hearth, until all the roll
was consumed in the fire that [was] on the hearth;
that is, he cast it into the fire, and there let it lie, until it was wholly consumed; a very impious action, to burn the word of God; a full evidence of an ungodly mind; a clear proof of the enmity of the heart against God, and of its indignation against his word and servants; and yet a vain attempt to frustrate the divine predictions in it, or avert the judgments threatened; but the ready way to bring them on.
F19 T. Hieros. Moed Katon, fol. 83. 2.

Jeremias 36:23 In-Context

21 Então enviou o rei a Jeúdi para trazer o rolo; e Jeúdi tomou-o da câmara de Elisama, o escriba, e o leu aos ouvidos do rei e aos ouvidos de todos os príncipes que estavam em torno do rei.

22 Ora, era o nono mês e o rei estava assentado na casa de inverno, e diante dele estava um braseiro aceso.

23 E havendo Jeúdi lido três ou quatro colunas, o rei as cortava com o canivete do escrivão, e as lançava no fogo que havia no braseiro, até que todo o rolo se consumiu no fogo que estava sobre o braseiro.

24 E não temeram, nem rasgaram os seus vestidos, nem o rei nem nenhum dos seus servos que ouviram todas aquelas palavras

25 e, posto que Elnatã, Delaías e Gema rias tivessem insistido com o rei que não queimasse o rolo, contudo ele não lhes deu ouvidos.