Carolina watchman. [volume] (Salisbury, N.C.) 1871-1937, 1905-08-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
EOR AUGUST 20.

Subject: Jehoiakim Burns the Word o,
God, Jer. xxxvi., 21-32-Golcen Text,
DER. xvi, 13-Memory Verses, 22- 81
Commentary on the Days Lesson.
I. Jehoiakim's great sin Tvs. 21-2G).
81. king sent" So that he might
hear the roll read and not be obliged
to learn it's contents through second
hand reports. "Took it out" etc. The
princes had filed the roll among the
public records ". 20) for safe keeping.
"Jehudi." An under officer, descend
ant Of a 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.
%. "Winterhouse." Great men had
distinct houses Or apartments, fitted
for the different seasons of the year
(Amos 8: 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 a hollow
in the middle Of the room.
%. -Four leaves" Columns" r.
", margin. The roll was of parch-
ment attached to a roller of wood at
one or both ends. Our word volume,
that which is rolled up" points by it's
derivation to this older form of book.
Cut it," He could not tear parchment
so he cut it. "Penknife." Scribe's
knife. Used to shape the reed IN
ployed for writing, and to make er2s-
ures in the parchment. He refers to
king ". 22). AS often as Jehudi read
three or four columns he cut them out
and burned them. "All these Words
". 20 imply that the whole volume
was read through. Till all the roll
was consumer implies 4 gradual pro-
cess.
24. "Not afraid" Contrast the hum
bic fear Of Josiah at the reading of the
law q Kings %: III. Josiah rent his
garments in grief that the book had
been lost, his son cuts GoG's book and
burns it. Throwing the fragments of
the roll Oh 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 ". 1Gl.
25. Nevertheless" This a@ggravates
lliS AllS . SiH ILiiIitllhI. y llIttI vi
first rank and fatEer-in-law of the king
e Kings 81: 8. "DeIaiah.' Of this
prince nothing more is known. Gee
mariah.' \ scribe Of the temple, Il
man of noble blood. From a window
in his official chamber Baruch read
aloud the prophecies of Jeremiah. and
Gemariah's sol Michaiah. reported this
to him Tvs. 1912. Made interces-
SION These princes would have aided
the king in following his fathers steps.
We learn the same from the basket of
figs DER. "a: ~. 1t is the more remark
able to find Elna1han thus interccGing
after the office he had performed in
Jer. 26: %.
20. King commanded" He was
not satisfied with burning the propne-
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 ". 19l.
Now, though a diligent search was
made, the Lord did not permit them to
be found.
II. jeremiah restores the word of
God Tvs. 27-32l. %. "W0rd-came."
That word was not burned. neither
was Jeremiah hidden from the eyes OF
the Lord. 22S. "Another roll" The
entire book was rewritten, and this
second manuscript. so far as can be
known now, is the II we have to-day.
Disaster is not necessarily defeat. The
destruction of this book was Il great
disaster. No copy existed. and no hui
MAJ memory could produce it. But
God ~re-inspirel tire prophet, and the
second edition was fuller than the first.
%. Concerning Jehoiakim-Say' Or.
". It is doubtful whether jeremiah
and the king again met. Note the cor
trast between this morally hardened,
impious king, boiling With wrath
against God and His prophet. and the
heroic man Of God vino does not
shrink. but firmly speaks the words of
Jehovah V e i'll the face of death.
"Saying. Why etc. This was no
king had sent to Jeremiah to brighten
him. king Of Babylon.' Nebuchad-
neZzar who had been once and collect
ed 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, J~ehoiachin, attempt
cd it for three months. but the land
was occupied by Nebuchadnezzar's
army, and Jerusalem was in a state of
siege, and he was taken captive g
Kings %: $40. No child of Jehoia-
chin succeeded to the throne. Body
cast out" A repetition of the pro-
phecy OF Jer. -: 10. OF its fulfilment
nothing is known. The phrase. 'he
slept With lis fathers,' means that he
died G Kings "a: g. He was fettered
by acknowledgements e Chron. SO: g..
"Day-night.' In the East the Their
monrater often falls suddenly after
SHUTDOWN (Gen. 81: 4O). 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 unbUriod as the army marched.
II. Il will punish him." He was
slain, his kingdom destroyed and his
son carried in chains to Babylon. The
inhabitants Of Jerusalem were not pun
ished for the kings crimes, but for
their own sins. They hearkened' not"
They might have been saved from the
threatened evil if they had repented,
threatened evil if they had repented.
b. "Added-many like words"
Many more tlreatenings of wrath and
vengeance were added in the second
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