26 But the King commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the Scribe, and Jeremiah the Prophet, but the Lord [a]hid them.

27 ¶ Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah (after that the King had burnt the roll and the words that Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah) saying,

28 Take thee again [b]another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll which Jehoiakim the King of Judah hath burnt,

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 36:26 Thus we see the continual care, that God hath ever over his to preserve them from the rage of the wicked.
  2. Jeremiah 36:28 Though the wicked think to have abolished the word of God, when they have burnt the book thereof: yet this declareth that God will not only raise it up again, but also increase it in greater abundance to their condemnation, as verse 32.

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