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  1. A matter of time<\/em>. The scroll was written in the 4th year of Jehoiakim\u2019s reign, that is, 605 BCE. In that year, Nebuchadnezzar defeated Egypt (the battle of Carchemish), and became the \u201cnorthern threat\u201d that Jeremiah had prophesied about. The scroll is read before an audience in the winter of 604 BCE. The Babylonian army had already reached the Land of Israel, and had even captured Ashkelon (which we know from Babylonian records). It seems that the public fastd uring which they read the scroll (v. 9) was called as a national emergency step because of the security situation.<\/span><\/li>\n
  2. That\u2019s how you write a scroll<\/em>. In ink (v. 18), and laid out in columns (v. 23).<\/span><\/li>\n
  3. Not the first time that an important text is being written for a second time<\/em>. It\u2019s not just the scroll of Jeremiah\u2019s prophecies that needed to be written a second time, after the first version was destroyed (in extreme circumstances). The Ten Commandments, 352 chapters ago (Exodus 34), had to be rewritten after the first were broken.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  4. Spot the differences<\/em>. When a scroll with prophecies of destruction had been brought before Jehoiakim\u2019s father, Josiah, he tore his clothes, and then addressed the situation, calling for sweeping religious reforms (2 Kings 22). Yet Jehoiakim and his ministers \u201cwho heard all these words showed no fear and did not tear their garments\u201d (v. 24). What got torn up was the scroll itself.<\/span><\/li>\n
  5. Who\u2019s responsible for the destruction?<\/em> The chapter does not relate directly to this question. But it\u2019s clear that the prophecy is written and read so that the citizens and their leaders might remedy the situation and prevent the disaster. The chapter points an accusing finger at Jehoiakim and his obtuseness. He could\u2019ve repaired the situation – but he only made it worse.\u00a0<\/span><\/li>\n
  6. The book and the scroll<\/em>. Six chapters ago (Jer. 30) Jeremiah wrote an additional document, a book of return and comfort. The scroll in today\u2019s chapter is another sort of work. It is written with the help of Bauch son of Neriah, and its content is impending doom. This division into two books is reminiscent of the two sides of Jeremiah\u2019s mission: \u201cTo uproot and to pull down, To destroy and to overthrow, To build and to plant\u201d (1:10).<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","image":{"ID":86314,"id":86314,"title":"Points to ponder","filename":"Points-to-ponder.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/01\/Points-to-ponder.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/points-to-ponder-psalm-84\/points-to-ponder\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"points-to-ponder","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":86166,"date":"2021-01-09 20:56:58","modified":"2023-12-28 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