Message: To Jeremiah, from the Lord, write all the words I've spoken to you to-date against Israel, Judah and all nations. Hopefully people will hear these words and turn from their disobedient ways.
Time: 4th year of Jehoiakim (before Jeremiah 32-33).
What the Lord is saying: Baruch has to write it down for Jeremiah on a scroll. Jeremiah dictates. Jeremiah is banned from the house of the Lord, so Baruch is to go and voice these words from the scroll. The scroll was read in sync with a fasting. And then read to the king after it was determined worthy to be read to the king. The king, Jehoiakim, did not like what he heard and as he heard the words he threw the words (one column at a time) into the fire, burning them. The sin of the people in the past had been idolatry, but this was out and out ignorance of God's commands and God's words (i.e. blasphemy).
Problem: Jehoiakim will have none to sit on the throne of David. His dead body shall be cast out, heat by day, frost by night. The Lord will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their sin. Disaster awaits him and the inhabitants of Jerusalem and Judah.
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