Brazier

A king sits by a fire while a scroll is read to him, and cuts it up and burns it as he goes. In Jeremiah 36:22-24 the fire is on the hearth in the winterhouse; some modern translations call it a brazier, a portable pan for coals. The sadness of the scene is in its last line: “Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments.” Genesis 4:22 is also listed, where Tubalcain teaches every craftsman in brass and iron. Read Jeremiah 36 to see what happens to a word that cannot be burned away.

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Genesis

Genesis 4:22

And Zillah, she also bare Tubalcain, an instructer of every artificer in brass and iron: and the sister of Tubalcain was Naamah.

Jeremiah

Jeremiah 36:22

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

Jeremiah 36:23

And 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.

Jeremiah 36:24

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

Based on Nave's Topical Bible by Orville J. Nave (1896). Public domain. KJV scripture text, public domain.