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Jeremias 36

BLIVRE · Chapter 36/52

1Sucedeu, no quarto ano de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, que veio esta palavra do SENHOR a Jeremias, dizendo:

2Toma para ti um rolo de livro, e escreve nele todas as palavras que falei a ti sobre Israel e sobre Judá, e sobre todas as nações, desde o dia que comecei a falar a ti, desde os dias de Josias até hoje.

3Talvez a casa de Judá ouça todo o mal que eu penso lhes fazer; para que cada um se converta de seu mau caminho; então eu perdoarei a maldade e o pecado deles.

4Então Jeremias chamou a Baruque, filho de Nerias; e Baruque escreveu da boca de Jeremias, em um rolo de livro, todas as palavras que o SENHOR havia lhe falado.

5E Jeremias mandou a Baruque, dizendo: Eu estou preso, não posso entrar na casa de SENHOR;

6Portanto entra tu, e lê do rolo que escreveste de minha boca as palavras do SENHOR aos ouvidos do povo, na casa do SENHOR, no dia do jejum; e também as lerás aos ouvidos de todo Judá, os que vêm de suas cidades.

7Talvez a oração deles chegue à presença do SENHOR, e cada um se converta de seu mau caminho; porque grande é a ira e o furor que o SENHOR tem pronunciado contra este povo.

8E Baruque filho de Nerias fez conforme a tudo quanto o profeta Jeremias havia lhe mandado, lendo naquele livro as palavras do SENHOR [na] casa do SENHOR.

9E aconteceu no quinto ano de Jeoaquim filho de Josias, rei de Judá, no nono mês, que proclamaram jejum diante do SENHOR, a todo o povo em Jerusalém, como também a todo o povo que vinha das cidades de Judá a Jerusalém.

10Então Baruque leu naquele livro as palavras de Jeremias [na] casa do SENHOR, na câmara de Gemarias, filho de Safã, o escriba, no pático de cima, à entrada da porta nova da casa do SENHOR, aos ouvidos de todo o povo.

11E Miqueias, filho de Gemarias, filho de Safã, quando ouviu todas as palavras do SENHOR daquele livro,

12Desceu à casa do rei, à câmara do escriba; e eis que estavam ali sentados todos os príncipes: Elisama, o escriba; Delaías filho de Semeías; Elnatã filho de Acbor; Gemarias filho de Safã; Zedequias filho de Ananias; como também a todos os príncipes.

13E Miqueias lhes anunciou todas as palavras que tinha ouvido enquanto Baruque lia no livro aos ouvidos do povo.

14Então todos os príncipes enviaram a Jeudi filho de Netanias, filho de Selemias, filho de Cusi, para que dissesse a Baruque: Toma o rolo em que leste aos ouvidos do povo, e vem. Então Baruque filho de Nerias tomou o rolo em sua mão, e veio a eles.

15E lhe disseram: Senta-te agora, e o lê aos nossos ouvidos. E Baruque leu aos seus ouvidos.

16E sucedeu que, quando ouviram todas aquelas palavras, cada um se voltou espantado uns aos outros, e disseram a Baruque: Sem dúvida alguma anunciaremos ao rei todas estas palavras.

17E perguntaram a Baruque, dizendo: Conta-nos agora: como escreveste todas estas palavras? Da boca de [Jeremias] ?

18E Baruque lhes disse: Ele me ditava de sua boca todas estas palavras, e eu escrevia no livro com tinta.

19Então disseram os príncipes a Baruque: Vai, e esconde-te, tu e Jeremias, e ninguém saiba onde estais.

20E foram ao encontro do rei no pátio, porém o rolo depositaram na câmara de Elisama, o escriba; e contaram aos ouvidos do rei todas aquelas palavras.

21Então o rei enviou a Jeudi para que tomasse o rolo; e o tomou da câmara de Elisama, o escriba, e Jeudi o leu aos ouvidos do rei, e aos ouvidos de todos os príncipes que estavam junto ao rei.

22(E o rei estava na casa de inverno, no nono mês; e havia diante dele um braseiro aceso);

23E sucedeu que, havendo Jeudi lido três ou quatro colunas, rasgou-o com uma lâmina de escrever, e o lançou no fogo que tinha no braseiro, até que todo o rolo se consumiu no fogo que estava no braseiro.

24E não temeram, nem rasgaram suas vestes, o rei e todos seus servos que ouviram todas estas palavras.

25E ainda que Elnatã, Delaías e Gemarias tenham rogado ao rei que não queimasse aquele rolo, mesmo assim ele se recusou a os ouvir;

26Em vez disso, o rei mandou a Jerameel filho do rei, a Seraías filho de Azriel, e a Selemias filho de Abdeel, que prendessem ao escriba Baruque e ao profeta Jeremias; mas o SENHOR havia os escondido.

27Então veio a palavra do SENHOR a Jeremias, depois do rei ter queimado o rolo, e as palavras que Baruque tinha escrito da boca de Jeremias, dizendo:

28Toma de novo outro rolo, e escreve nele todas as primeiras palavras que estavam no primeiro rolo, o qual queimou Jeoaquim, rei de Judá.

29E dirás a Jeoaquim rei de Judá: Assim diz o SENHOR: Tu queimaste este rolo, dizendo: Por que escreveste nele, dizendo: Certamente virá o rei da Babilônia, e destruirá esta terra, e fará com que não fiquem nela homens nem animais?

30Portanto assim diz o SENHOR quanto a Joaquim rei de Judá: Ele não terá quem se sente sobre o trono de Davi; e seu cadáver será lançado ao calor do dia e à geada da noite.

31E punirei a ele, assim como sua semente e os seus servos, por sua perversidade; e trarei sobre eles, sobre os moradores de Jerusalém, e sobre os homens de Judá, todo o mal que tenho lhes dito mas não [quiseram] ouvir.

32Então Jeremias tomou outro rolo, e o deu a Baruque filho de Nerias, o escriba; o qual escreveu nele da boca de Jeremias todas as palavras do livro que Jeoaquim, rei de Judá, tinha queimado a fogo; e ainda foram acrescentadas a elas muitas outras palavras semelhantes.

📖 Chapter study

Summary

Jeremiah dictates his prophecies to Baruch, who writes them on a scroll. King Jehoiakim cuts and burns the scroll piece by piece, but Jeremiah dictates it all again, with additions, on a second scroll.

Explanation

This chapter shows, quite literally, how the Bible came to be formed: spoken prophecies were recorded in writing for preservation and public reading. King Jehoiakim's reaction — deliberately burning the scroll piece by piece as it was read, without any sign of fear or repentance — is one of the most direct acts of contempt for the prophetic word recorded in the Bible. But the attempt to destroy the message fails completely: Jeremiah simply dictates it all again, with even more content added, showing that persecuting or trying to erase a true message does not eliminate its force or its place in history.

Fun facts

  • Baruch son of Neriah was a professional scribe who faithfully served Jeremiah for decades; clay seals (bullae) bearing the name 'Berekiah son of Neriah the scribe' have been found by archaeologists in Jerusalem, possibly belonging to him.
  • The practice of cutting a scroll with a scribe's penknife and burning it piece by piece (v.23) is described in such specific detail that historians consider it a direct eyewitness account of the event.

Verse-by-verse explanation

  1. Jeremias 36:1Jeremiah, probably banned from the temple after the episode in chapter 26, dictates all the prophecies of the last twenty-some years to the scribe Baruch to write on a scroll — it is the first organized, written record of the prophet’s message.
  2. Jeremias 36:2God tells Jeremiah to gather in writing, on a single scroll, everything He had prophesied since the beginning of his ministry, in the reign of Josiah, up to that moment — decades of messages condensed together.
  3. Jeremias 36:3The stated purpose of the writing is to give one more chance: if the people hear it all gathered together at once, maybe they will repent and God will forgive before it is too late.
  4. Jeremias 36:4Baruch, Jeremiah’s faithful secretary, writes down everything the prophet dictates, word for word — the same Baruch who later appears keeping the documents from the field purchase in chapter 32.
  5. Jeremias 36:5Jeremiah explains why he needs Baruch for this task: he himself was barred from entering the temple, probably banned after so many unpopular prophecies.
  6. Jeremias 36:6He tells Baruch to read the scroll aloud in the temple, on a day of fasting, when more people from the cities of Judah would be gathered in Jerusalem to hear it.
  7. Jeremias 36:7The hope behind the public reading: that the people’s plea would move God and repentance would come in time, since the announced anger was great.
  8. Jeremias 36:8Baruch carries out the order exactly as given, reading the scroll publicly inside the temple.
  9. Jeremias 36:9A precise date: the ninth month of Jehoiakim’s fifth year, during a public fast called for the whole people of Jerusalem and the neighboring cities — the ideal setting for the reading to reach as many people as possible.
  10. Jeremias 36:10A location detail: Baruch reads from above, in the chamber of a scribe named Gemariah, at a busy spot near the new gate of the temple — a strategic place to be heard by many.
  11. Jeremias 36:11Micaiah, grandson of the owner of the room where the reading took place, is the first to recognize the gravity of what he heard and decide to act.
  12. Jeremias 36:12Micaiah goes down to the scribe’s chamber in the royal palace, where several high officials of Judah were gathered — the first step in how the message reaches the king.
  13. Jeremias 36:13Micaiah repeats to the officials everything he heard Baruch read, starting the chain of events that would carry the scroll to Jehoiakim.
  14. Jeremias 36:14The officials send for Baruch through a messenger, Jehudi, so that he himself would bring the scroll and read it before them — they want to hear it with their own ears before deciding what to do.
  15. Jeremias 36:15They ask Baruch to sit down and read calmly, and he obeys, reading the whole content to the group of officials.
  16. Jeremias 36:16The officials’ reaction is one of real alarm: they recognize the gravity of the message and decide the king needs to know, even knowing the risk that would bring.
  17. Jeremias 36:17Before acting, the officials want to confirm the text’s origin: they ask Baruch exactly how the scroll was written.
  18. Jeremias 36:18Baruch confirms the simple process: Jeremiah dictated word by word, and he wrote it down in ink on the scroll — making clear it was not the scribe’s own invention.
  19. Jeremias 36:19A sign that the officials themselves sensed the danger: they warn Baruch to go into hiding along with Jeremiah even before bringing the news to the king, anticipating the violent reaction that would come.
  20. Jeremias 36:20The officials put the scroll away in a safe place before going to report the content to the king by word of mouth — perhaps trying to control how the news would be received.
  21. Jeremias 36:21The king sends for the scroll anyway and orders it read before him and the whole court — Jehoiakim wants to hear with his own ears what Jeremiah had written.
  22. Jeremias 36:22King Jehoiakim cuts the scroll into pieces with a penknife and throws each piece into the brazier as the text is being read. A calculated gesture of contempt, done slowly, column by column, not a hasty burning.
  23. Jeremias 36:23A striking scene: as the reading went on, the king himself cut the columns of the scroll with a penknife and threw them into the brazier, piece by piece, until the whole document turned to ash.
  24. Jeremias 36:24A shocking reaction, precisely because there was no reaction: neither the king nor the courtiers present tore their clothes (the traditional gesture of mourning and repentance) in the face of such a grave warning — total indifference.
  25. Jeremias 36:25Three officials tried to stop the scroll from being burned, but the king would not listen — showing there were voices of warning even within the court, though without the power to stop the king.
  26. Jeremias 36:26Jehoiakim goes further than destroying the document: he orders Baruch and Jeremiah arrested, but God had hidden them before it could happen — a deliverance that lines up with the warning in verse 19.
  27. Jeremias 36:27After the scroll is burned, Jeremiah simply dictates it all again to Baruch, and the text comes out longer than before, with more material added. The attempt to erase the message by destroying the paper fails completely.
  28. Jeremias 36:28God tells him to rewrite it all on a new scroll, with the same words as the first one Jehoiakim burned — the act of destroying the document does not erase the message or its validity.
  29. Jeremias 36:29The prophecy now includes a direct accusation against Jehoiakim’s own act: he thought that by burning the paper he would keep Babylon from destroying the land, but burning words does not change the facts.
  30. Jeremias 36:30A specific sentence against Jehoiakim because of this act: none of his descendants will sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out without a decent burial, exposed to the heat and the cold.
  31. Jeremias 36:31The punishment also reaches Jehoiakim’s descendants and servants, along with all the people of Jerusalem and Judah — the same disaster already announced, now reinforced by the king’s contemptuous reaction.
  32. Jeremias 36:32The rewritten scroll not only repeats the original content but gains even more words added — Jehoiakim’s effort to erase the message ends up producing an even more complete text.

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