Jer 36:1-4 | TNotes | STEP | Summary for Jer 36:1-32: 36:1-32 This description of Jehoiakim’s cynical response to God’s attempt to call him to repentance and covenant obedience (36:3 , 7 ) graphically underscores the hopelessness of the situation. • Nowhere else does the Old Testament provide this much detail about the process of preserving spoken messages in written form. Summary for Jer 36:1-2: 36:1-2 The fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign, 605 BC , was the year Nebuchadnezzar first attacked Jerusalem (see study note on Dan 1:1). • In those days, a scroll was a roll of papyrus or leather strips joined edge to edge and rolled up.

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‏ Jeremiah 36:1-4

Summary for Jer 36:1-32: 36:1-32 ^a This description of Jehoiakim’s cynical response to God’s attempt to call him to repentance and covenant obedience (36:3 ^b, 7 ^c) graphically underscores the hopelessness of the situation.

• Nowhere else does the Old Testament provide this much detail about the process of preserving spoken messages in written form.
Summary for Jer 36:1-2: 36:1-2 ^d The fourth year of Jehoiakim’s reign, 605 BC, was the year Nebuchadnezzar first attacked Jerusalem (see study note on Dan 1:1).

• In those days, a scroll was a roll of papyrus or leather strips joined edge to edge and rolled up.
36:3 ^e The Lord gave the people of Judah every opportunity to repent. God wanted the messages of judgment not just to alarm his people, but to awaken them to the judgment they would face if they did not turn from idol-worship. If they heeded the alarm, repented, and sincerely worshiped the one true God, he would forgive their sins and wrongdoings.
36:4 ^f Evidently, Jeremiah was not skilled in writing, so he enlisted the services of a scribe named Baruch. As they sat in their private quarters, Jeremiah repeated message after message from memory. It is not known whether Baruch had a role in composition or arrangement, or whether he simply recorded exactly what Jeremiah dictated.