Jeremiah 36:27-32
27. roll, and ... words--that is, the roll of words. 28. all the former words--It is in vain that the ungodly resist the power of Jehovah: not one of His words shall fall to the ground (Mt 5:18; Ac 9:5; 5:39). 29. say to Jehoiakim--not in person, as Jeremiah was "hidden" (Jr 36:26), but by the written word of prophecy. saying, Why--This is what the king had desired to be said to Jeremiah if he should be found; kings often dislike the truth to be told them. 30. He shall have none to sit upon the throne--fulfilled (2Ki 24:8, &c.; 2Ki 25:1-30). He had successors, but not directly of his posterity, except his son Jeconiah, whose three months' reign is counted as nothing. Zedekiah was not the son, but the uncle of Jeconiah, and was raised to the throne in contempt of him and his father Jehoiakim (Jr 22:30). dead body ... cast out--(Jr 22:18, 19). day ... heat ... night ... frost--There are often these variations of temperature in the East between night and day (Ge 31:40). 32. added besides ... many like words--Sinners gain nothing but additional punishment by setting aside the word of Jehovah. The law was similarly rewritten after the first tables had been broken owing to Israel's idolatry (Ex 32:19, 34:1).
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