Please open your copies of God’s word to Jeremiah 36. Before we look at this chapter, we need to consider the background of the prophecy we are about to read. About 17 years earlier, King Josiah was ruling over the nation of Judah and he initiated repairs to God’s temple. In the process of doing this, Hilkiah the high priest finds the Book of the Law (cf. 2 Kings 22:8). The secretary takes the book and reads it to King Josiah. When Josiah hears the words of the Book of the Law, he tears his clothes and inquires of the Lord because he understands that God’s wrath was great against them for not doing what was written in the book. God’s response is that judgment is coming but will be delayed because Josiah was penitent and he humbled himself before him (cf. 2 Kings 22:19). I want us to have this moment in our minds and how Josiah responded to hearing the word of the Lord as we come to Jeremiah 36. Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah is now ruling over Judah…

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