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Jeremiah 36:23 Explained in Context
Use this verse as a doorway into the larger passage—not as an isolated saying.
Verse 23. 23And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
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Role in This Section
The narrated crisis and constrained human response carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with…” at Jeremiah 36:23 as part of “The King Cuts and Burns the Scroll.”
Read It With
- Jeremiah 36:20–26
Read Jeremiah 36:23 with 36:20–26. By itself, “And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with…” can be detached from the speaker, addressee, date, imperial horizon, poetic movement, or outcome that gives it force. The complete unit establishes: Jehoiakim hears successive columns, cuts them with a knife, burns the roll, shows no fear, and orders the arrest of prophet and scribe, who are hidden.
Why It Needs Context
The verse is a premise, action, image, response, or transition within Jeremiah 36:20–26, not an independent maxim. The narrated crisis and constrained human response carries the next action, claim, image, or measurement through “And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with…” at Jeremiah 36:23 as part of “The King Cuts and Burns the Scroll.”
Continue in Context
The full thought-unit study remains the final contextual authority for this Verse Lens.
Read Jeremiah 36:20–26 — The King Cuts and Burns the ScrollSources used for this context pointer
How certain is this explanation? strong
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Biblical text
King James (Authorized) Version — eng-kjv2006
eBible.org and CrossWire Bible Society
USFM archive eng-kjv2006_usfm.zip; source files dated 2026-08-19; downloaded 2026-08-24; archive SHA-256 aec1b3b26c622fd3d963d2bbac963016b9513246ffbfa20da00bb100372ea007; normalized corpus SHA-256 09aef51d90488aa7b9722b3fd9a93f4b25f6bf2064c5fd798fb39673c300ddf2.
Supports: Exact displayed KJV wording, verse order, paragraph metadata, supplied-word markup, and complete thought-unit coverage.
Exact location: Jeremiah 36:20–26, pinned eng-kjv2006 USFM-derived repository corpus
Open source ↗hebrew text and morphology
Open Scriptures Hebrew Bible: Jeremiah
Open Scriptures
Open Scriptures, release 2.2; fixed commit
Supports: Masoretic Hebrew wording and morphology checked at the exact unit without treating morphology as a critical apparatus or interpretation.
Exact location: Open Scriptures MorphHB v2.2, commit 6a5db284c715c18b239422e57bb89684e6a19f00, wlc/Jer.xml, OSIS 36:20–26
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