"And it came to pass, {that} when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast {it} into t…" — Jeremiah 36:23

Jeremiah 36:23 · KJV

“And it came to pass, {that} when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, 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.”

— Jeremiah 36:23

Verse 22

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and {there was a fire} on the hearth burning before him.

Verse 24

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, {neither} the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Jeremiah 36 — Context

So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and {there was a fire} on the hearth burning before him.

And it came to pass, {that} when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, 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.

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, {neither} the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.

Cross References

1 Kings 22:8

And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, {There is} yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.

Isaiah 5:18-19

Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope:

Proverbs 13:13

Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded. {shall be rewarded: or, shall be in peace}

Proverbs 1:30

They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.

1 Kings 22:27

And say, Thus saith the king, Put this {fellow} in the prison, and feed him with bread of affliction and with water of affliction, until I come in peace.

Isaiah 28:14-15

Wherefore hear the word of the LORD, ye scornful men, that rule this people which {is} in Jerusalem.

Proverbs 19:21

{There are} many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.

Proverbs 21:30

{There is} no wisdom nor understanding nor counsel against the LORD.