The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1905-08-16
THE SUNDAY SCHOOL
INTERNATIONAL LESSON COMMENTS
FOR AUGUST 20.
Subject; Jehciakim Burns the Word Of
God. Jsr. xxxvi., 2f-3e-Goicen Text,
Jer. xxvi., 13--Nrcinory Verses. ~ "a
Commentary on the Days Lesson.

Jer. xxvi., 13-Memory Verses, ~ "a
Commentary ON the Days Lesson.
l. Jehoiakim's great sin Tvs. 21-26).
21. king sent" SO that he might
hear the roll read and not be obliged
to learn Its contents through second
hand reports. "Took ii out" etc. The
princes had filed the roll among the
public records ". 20) 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 n rug and
the princes stood respectfully about.
%. "Wlnterhouse" Great men had
distinct houses or apartments. fitted
for the different seasons of the year
Amos 3: 15). ninth month" Our
December The cold, rainy season.
Fire on the hearth" Fire in bra.
zier, pot made Of earthenware. in the
form of pitcher. placed in hollow
In the middle of the room.
% -Four leaves" Columns" Il
v, margin. The roll was of parch-
ment attached to n roller of wood at
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 it. "Penknife." Scrlbe's
knife. Used TO shape the reed cm-
ployed for writing. and to make eras-
ures in the parchment. HE" refers to
king ". 30. AS often as Jehudi read
three or four columns he cut them out
and burned them "All these words"
". 24) imply that the whole volume
was read through. "Till all the roll
was consumed" implies a gradual pro-
cess.
"a. "Not afraid" Contrast the hum
bic fear of Josiah at the reading of the
law q Kings %: ~. 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. in
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 ". 49,.
%. Nevertheless" This aggravates
the kings sin. "Elnathan." A man of
first rank and father-in-law of the king
q Kings "a: 81. "Delaah" or this
prince nothing more Is known. Gee
mariah." A scribe OF the temple. Il
man of noble blood. From window
in his official chamber Baruch read
aloud the prophecies of jeremiah, and
Gemarlah's son Michaiah reported this
to him Tvs. 1912. Made lnterces-
sion" These princes would have aided
the king in following his fathers steps.
We learn the same from the basket of
figs DER. "a: u. 1t is the more remark
able to find Elnathan thus interceding
after the Office he had performed in
Jer. 26: %
26. 'King commanded" He was
not satisfied with burning the prophe-
cy, but now desired to kill jeremiah
and his faithful scribe. He hoped to
put an end to such prophecies. Lord
hid them" Thy had at the counsel of
the princes hidden themselves ". 19l.
Now, though Il diligent search was
made, the Lord did not permit them to
be found.
II. Jeremiah restores the word of
God Tvs. 27-32l. 81. "Word-came."
That word was not burned, neither
was jeremiah hidden from the eyes OF
the Lord. rs. Another roll" The
entire book was rewritten, and this
second manuscript, so far as can be
known now, is the ore 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 1t. But
God re-inspired the prophet, and the
second edition was fuller than the first.
20. Concerning Jeholakim-say" r.
W. 1t Is doubtful whether jeremiah
and the king again met. Note the con
trast between this morally hardened.
impious king, boiling with wrath
against God and His prophet. and the
heroic man of God who does nor
shrink, but firmly speaks the words of
Jehovah even in the face of death.
Saying, Why" etc This was no
doubt an actual message which the
king had sent to jeremiah to frlghten
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, Jehoiachin, attempt
cd 1t 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 q
Kings "a: S-17l. No child of Jehoia-
chin succeeded to the throne. Body
cast out" A repetition of the pro-
phecy OF Jer. %: 10. or It's fulflment
nothing Is known. The phrase. "he
slept with his fathers" means that he
died q Kings "a: Cj. He was fettered
by NobuchadnezZar G. Chron. 36 g.
playwright" In the East the ther-
mometer often falls suddenly after
sundown Gen. 81: 40). Plumptre
thinks it probable that TIE 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 unburled as the army marched
81. 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.
32. "Added-many like words"
Many more threatenings of wrath and
vengeance We're added in the second
roll which were not in the first, for.
since they viii yet walk contrary TO
God, He VIII heat the furnace seven
times hotter.