Verse from Jeremiah

“犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬第四年，耶和华那里有这话临到耶利米，说：”

‭‭耶利米书‬ ‭36:1‬ ‭

“In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord:”

‭‭Jeremiah‬ ‭36:1‬ ‭

In the waning days of ancient Judah’s decadent kingdom, God told the prophet Jeremiah, “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you” (Jeremiah 36:2). The message revealed God’s tender heart, calling on His people to repent in order to avoid imminent invasion (v. 3).

Jeremiah did as he was told. The scroll soon found its way to Judah’s king, Jehoiakim, who methodically shredded it and threw it into the fire (vv. 23–25). The king’s act of arson only made matters worse. God told Jeremiah to write another scroll with the same message. He said, “[Jehoiakim] will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night” (v. 30).

It’s possible to burn the words of God by tossing a book into a fire. Possible, but utterly futile. The Word behind the words endures forever.