What is the meaning of Jeremiah 36:28? Take another scroll - The LORD immediately commands Jeremiah to continue, proving that when people try to silence His voice, He simply speaks again (cf. Isaiah 40:8, “The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever,”). - God supplies new material when His servants obey. Like Paul in 2 Timothy 2:9 (“The word of God is not bound,”), Jeremiah learns that divine revelation cannot be chained to a single parchment. - Obedience precedes insight: Jeremiah must first “take” the new scroll before hearing the rest of God’s instructions. and rewrite on it - The prophet is told to reproduce, not reinvent. Preservation is an act of worship. - Deuteronomy 17:18-19 required Israel’s king to hand-copy the Law; likewise, Jeremiah’s rewriting underscores how copying Scripture reinforces commitment. - Revelation 10:11 tells John, “You must prophesy again,” echoing the same perseverance called for here. God’s messengers keep speaking until the audience finally listens—or faces judgment. the very words - God cares about precise wording, not merely general ideas. 2 Samuel 23:2 affirms, “The Spirit of the LORD spoke through me; His word was on my tongue,”. - “All Scripture is God-breathed” (2 Timothy 3:16), so every syllable carries divine authority. - By insisting on “the very words,” the LORD teaches verbal inspiration: what He originally spoke remains exactly what He still intends. that were on the original scroll, - Continuity matters. The second copy must match the first, proving that the message has not changed with cultural pressures or royal opposition. - Psalm 119:89, “Forever, O LORD, Your word is settled in heaven,”, guarantees textual permanence; heaven’s settled word demands earthly fidelity. - Luke 16:17 echoes the same stability: “It is easier for heaven and earth to pass away than for a single stroke of a pen to drop out of the Law,”. which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned. - Burning Scripture reveals hardened rebellion (Jeremiah 36:23). Jehoiakim’s act signals contempt for God, yet it only accelerates divine judgment (Jeremiah 36:29-31). - Psalm 2:1-4 pictures rulers raging against the LORD, but “He who sits in the heavens laughs.” Human fire cannot consume eternal truth. - Acts 4:17-20 shows later authorities forbidding apostolic preaching, but like Jeremiah, the apostles reply, “We cannot stop speaking about what we have seen and heard,”. summary Jeremiah 36:28 demonstrates God’s unstoppable commitment to preserve His Word. When a king burns the scroll, God orders another. The prophet must take fresh parchment, rewrite the exact words, and continue declaring them. Scripture’s authority, accuracy, and permanence outlast every human attempt to erase it. |
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