23And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
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From the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge
And the king of Israel said unto Jehoshaphat, There is yet one man, Micaiah the son of Imlah, by whom we may enquire of the LORD: but I hate him; for he doth not prophesy good concerning me, but evil. And Jehoshaphat said, Let not the king say so.
They would none of my counsel: they despised all my reproof.
Woe unto them that draw iniquity with cords of vanity, and sin as it were with a cart rope: …
There are many devices in a man's heart; nevertheless the counsel of the LORD, that shall stand.
Whoso despiseth the word shall be destroyed: but he that feareth the commandment shall be rewarded.
Commentary
Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary on the Bible (1710)
(vv. 20-32)We have traced the roll to the people, and to the princes, and here we are to follow it to the king; and we find, I. That, upon notice given him concerning it, he sent for it, and ordered it to be read to him, Jer. 36:20 , 21 . He did not desire that Baruch would come and read it himself, who could read it more intelligently and with more authority and affection than any one else; nor did he order…
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