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Jeremiah 36 · Grade 5

The Word That Cannot Be Burned

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Jeremiah 36 is set in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. God commanded Jeremiah to take a scroll and write in it all the words he had spoken. The goal was repentance, so that God could forgive their iniquity and their sin. Jeremiah dictated to Baruch the scribe. Because Jeremiah was restricted from entering the temple, Baruch read the scroll there on a fast day in the ninth month, when crowds had gathered.

The reading moved through levels of authority. Micaiah heard it and told the princes in the scribe's room. They summoned Baruch and asked how he wrote the words. He dictated all these words to me with his mouth. Alarmed, the princes advised Baruch and Jeremiah to hide, and then reported to the king.

The scene contrasts sharply with Josiah, Jehoiakim's father, who tore his clothes when he heard God's law read (2 Kings 22). Jehoiakim sat by his brazier, cut the scroll column by column, and burned it, ignoring officials who begged him not to. Yet God's word outlasted the fire. Jeremiah dictated a new scroll, and many similar words were added to them. The king could destroy a scroll, but he could not destroy God's word or escape its judgment.

Show What You Know

  1. What was God's goal in having the scroll written?

  2. How did Baruch explain the writing of the scroll?

  3. How did Jehoiakim's response contrast with Josiah's?

  4. What happened after the scroll was burned?

Crossword

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Across

  1. Reading in the ____ Yahweh’s words in Yahweh’s house.
  2. And I ____ them with ink in the book.
  3. Take a ____ of a book.

Down

  1. And I wrote them with ____ in the book.
  2. To arrest ____ the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet.

Think About It

  1. What are ways people today ignore or try to cut away parts of God's word?

  2. How does the story of the second scroll encourage people who love the Bible?

Memory Verse

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I intend to do to them, that they may each return from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

Jeremiah 36:3 (WEB)

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Prayer

Dear God, thank You for Your words that last forever. Help me . Amen.

Take It Home

For families: talk about these together.

  • How do you treat God's word?
  • What is your favorite Bible verse?
  • What is one way you could live out this chapter this week?

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