Catoctin clarion. [volume] (Mechanicstown, Md.) 1871-1940, 1905-08-17
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 20.
Subject, Jehoiakim Burns the Word OF
God, Jer. xxxvi., 21-32-GolGen Text,
Jer. xvi, 13-Memory Verses, 2e "a
fl,a Ilal1a I.aaann.

Subject. Jehoiakim Burns the Word OF
God, DER. xxxvi., 21-32-GolGen Text,
Jer. xvi, 13-Memory Verses, 22 "a
Commentary on the Days Lesson.
I. Jehoiakim's great sin Tvs. 21-26).
q. king sent" SO that he might
hear the roll read and not be obliged
to learn its contents through second.
hand reports. "Took 1t OUT etc. The
princes had filed the roll among the
public records-(v. 2O for safe keeping.
"Jehudi." An under officer, descend
ant of noble house. the one the
princes had had sent to Baruch to get
him to read the roll to them. "Princes
stood" The king sat on a rug and
the princes stood respectfully about.
90. "Winterhouse" Great men had
distinct houses or apartments, fitted
for the different seasons of the year
(Amos 3: 49,. Ninth month" Our
December. The cold, rainy season.
''Fire on the hearth" Fire In a bra.
zier. a pot made of earthenware. in the
form of a pitcher. placed in Il hollow
In the middle of the room.
%. -Four leaves" Columns II.
". margin. The roll was of parch-
IlltDl dttututu w u loiiNl VI ""oNs "N
one or both ends. Our word volume,
that which is rolled up" points by its
derivation to this older form of book.
"Cut it," He could not tear parchment
so he cut 1t. "Penknife." Scribe's
knife. Used to shape the reed en-
ployed for writing, and to make eras-
ures In the parchment. "He" refers to
king ". oa,. AS often as Jehudi read
three or four columns he cut them out
and burned them. ".All these words"
". "a imply that the whole volume
was read through. It'll all the roll
was consumed implies gradual pro
cess.
"A. mot afraid" Contrast the hum
bic fear of Josiah at the reading of the
law e Kings 90: ~. Josiah rent his
garments in grief that the book had
been lost, his son cuts Gods book and
burns it. Throwing the fragments Of
the roll on the fire, he puts there, i'll
symbol, his royal house, his doomed
city. the temple and the people of the
land. His servants His immediate
personal attendants who did not share
the reverences Of the princes ", 16'.
- Nevertheless This aggravatCs
the kings sin. "Elnathan." \ man of
first rank and father-inlaw of the king
u Kings "a; 81. "Delaiah.' or this
prince nothing more IS known. &c
mariah." A scribe of the temple. Il
man of noble blood. From a window
in his official chamber Baruch read
aloud the prophecies of jeremiah. and
Gcmariah's son Michaiah. reported this
to him Tvs. 1922. made interces-
SION These princes would have aided
the king in following his fathers steps.
We learn the same from the basket Of
figs tier 81: H. II is the more remark
able to find Elnathan thus interccdinS
after the office he had performed in
Jcr. 26: 20.
20 king commanded" He was
not satisfied with burning the prophc-
cy. but now desired to kill jeremiah
and his faithful scribe. He hoped TO
put an end to such prophecies. Lord
hid them" They had at the counsel of
the princes hidden themselves ". lN.
Now, though diligent search was
made, the Lord did not permit them to
be found.
II. Jeremiah restores the word of
God Tvs. 27-32). 81. "Word-came,'
That word was not burned, neither
was jeremiah hidden from the eyes OF
the Lord. %. Another roll" The
entire book was rewritten, and this
second manuscript 50 far as can be
known now, is the one We have to-day.
Disaster is not necessarily defeat. The
destruction of this book was Il great
disaster. No copy existed. and no hui
man memory could produce it. But
God re-inspircd the prophet, ana the
second edition was fuller than the first.
%. Concerning Jehoiakim-say" lR.
". 1t is doubtful whether jeremiah
and the king again met. Note the con-
trast between this morally hardened.
impous king, boiling with wrath
against God and His prophet, and the
heroic man of God who does not
shrink but firmly speaks the words of
Jehovah even III the face of death
Saying. Why" etc. This was no
doubt an actual message which the
king had sent to jeremiah TO brighten
him. King of Babylon Nebuchad-
nezzar. who had been once and collect
cd tribute and gone. He should return
and destroy the land. Nothing but the
repentance of Jehoiakim and his peo-
pie could prevent it. 80. None
throne" His son. Ichoiachn, attempt
ed 1t for three months. but the land
was occupied by NebuchadneZzars
army, and Jerusalem was III state of
siege. and he was taken captive g
Kings n: $40. No child Of Jehoia-
chin succeeded to the throne. Body
east out" A repetition OF the pro
t.. fail IIpn Mt
nothing is known. Tho phrase, The
slept With his fathers" means that he
died e. Kings -: ~. He was fettered
by Observation-Disclosures g Chron. 36: 81.
"Day-night" In the East the Their
mometer often fal,s suddenly after
shutdown (Gen. 81: 4W. Plumptre
thinks it probable that the king. who
was being taken to Babylon in chains
with the other captiveS. died on the
journey. and that his body was left be-
hind ,nburied as tn" army marched.
n. Il will punish him" He was
slain. his kingdom destroyed and his
sou carried in chains to Babylon. The
Inhabitants of Jerusalem were not pun
ishpd for the kings crimes, but for
heir own sins. "They hearkened not"
They might have been saved from the
threatened evil if they had repented.
threatened evil If they had repented.
-. "Added-many like words"
Many more threatenings Of wrath and
vengeance were added In the second
roll which were not in the first, for,
since they will yet walk contrary to
God He will heat the furnace seven
times hotter.