Baruch and the Bible Burning
Baruch takes dictation from Jeremiah (v 1-5)
Baruch takes the scroll (book) and reads it in the temple (v 6-10)
Baruch reads to the court (v 11-15)
Baruch’s scroll is read to the king, who has it destroyed (v 16-25)
Baruch and Jeremiah avoid capture because God hid them (v 26)
Baruch writes the dictated words of Jeremiah a second time, with additions (v 27-32)
Meditation Points:
- Have you ever tried to write down what someone else was saying?
- Have you ever written something and read it publicly?
- Have you ever been invited to read something that you wrote to a private gathering?
- Have you ever had something that you wrote cut into pieces and burned?
- Have you ever had to write something a second time?
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