Jeremiah 36:27

27 After the king had burned the scroll that Baruch had written at Jeremiah's dictation, Jeremiah received this Message from God:

Jeremiah 36:27 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 36:27

Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah
In the place where he was hid; the Lord knew where he was, for he hid him, and therefore could send his word to him: after the king had burnt the roll;
either with his own hands, or had ordered it to be burnt, or connived at the burning of it: and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah;
hence the Jews ^F21 gather, that when a man sees the book of the law burnt, that he is bound to rend his garments twice; once for the burning of the paper or parchment, and again for the burning of the writing; but no other is meant than the roll, in which the prophecies were written, Baruch took from the mouth of Jeremiah: saying;
as follows:

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FOOTNOTES:

F21 T. Bab. Moed Katon, fol. 26. 1.

Jeremiah 36:27 In-Context

25 Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah tried to convince the king not to burn the scroll, but he brushed them off.

26 He just plowed ahead and ordered Prince Jerahameel, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Jeremiah the prophet and his secretary Baruch. But God had hidden them away.

27 After the king had burned the scroll that Baruch had written at Jeremiah's dictation, Jeremiah received this Message from God:

28 "Get another blank scroll and do it all over again. Write out everything that was in that first scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up.

29 "And send this personal message to Jehoiakim king of Judah: 'God says, You had the gall to burn this scroll and then the nerve to say, "What kind of nonsense is this written here - that the king of Babylon will come and destroy this land and kill everything in it?"