Jeremiah 36
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Baruch read out Jeremiah's words at the temple. The king sent for the scroll and burned it. The LORD said: I will bring disaster.
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King Jehoiakim’s action of cutting and burning the word was very deliberate but God’s Word can never be destroyed. The grass withers, the flower fades, but the word of our God stands forever (Isaiah 40:8). The Word of God will survive forever.
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