Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

JEREMIAH 36:27KJV
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Jeremiah 36:27 (KJV)

What does Jeremiah 36:27 mean?

Jeremiah 36:27 describes how, after King Jehoiakim burned the scroll containing Jeremiah’s prophecies—written down by Baruch at Jeremiah’s dictation—the word of the LORD came again to Jeremiah. This shows that God’s message was not stopped by the king’s attempt to destroy it.

The verse takes place after a dramatic event: King Jehoiakim had the scroll with Jeremiah’s warnings read to him, then cut it up and burned it. The “word of the LORD” (God’s message) comes to Jeremiah again, highlighting that God continues to speak even when human leaders try to silence His prophets. Baruch, Jeremiah’s scribe, had carefully written down Jeremiah’s words, but now God is about to give Jeremiah more instructions.

The Hebrew behind Jeremiah 36:27

  • word (דָּבָר, davar): This word can mean “message,” “matter,” or “thing.” Here, it emphasizes that what Jeremiah receives is not just information, but an authoritative message from God.
  • burned (שָׂרַף, saraph): This verb means “to burn” or “to destroy by fire.” The king’s burning of the scroll is an act of rejection and defiance against God’s message.
  • roll (מְגִלָּה, megillah): This refers to a scroll, the common form for written documents in ancient Israel. The use of “megillah” highlights the physical, tangible nature of God’s word being written down and then destroyed.
  • wrote (כָּתַב, kathav): This verb means “to write.” It underscores Baruch’s role as the scribe faithfully recording Jeremiah’s spoken words.

Why Jeremiah 36:27 matters

  • Jeremiah 36:27 makes clear that human attempts to erase or silence God’s word do not succeed; God simply speaks again and ensures His message continues.
  • The verse highlights the partnership between Jeremiah and Baruch, showing the importance of both the prophet and the scribe in preserving God’s message.
  • This moment sets up the following verses, where God instructs Jeremiah to write the words again, adding even more to the message, reinforcing the unstoppable nature of God’s communication.

Where else these words appear

“roll” Hebrew H4039 · used in 19 verses

  • Psalms 40:7 Then said I, Lo, I come: in the volume of the book it is written of me,
  • Jeremiah 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
  • Ezekiel 2:9 And when I looked, behold, an hand was sent unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;

“Baruch” Hebrew H1263 · used in 24 verses

  • Nehemiah 3:20 After him Baruch the son of Zabbai earnestly repaired the other piece, from the turning of the wall unto the door of the house of Eliashib the high priest.
  • Jeremiah 36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
  • Jeremiah 36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

“burned” Hebrew H8313 · used in 107 verses

  • Genesis 11:3 And they said one to another, Go to, let us make brick, and burn them throughly. And they had brick for stone, and slime had they for morter.
  • Joshua 7:15 And it shall be, that he that is taken with the accursed thing shall be burnt with fire, he and all that he hath: because he hath transgressed the covenant of the LORD, and because he hath wrought folly in Israel.
  • Nehemiah 4:2 And he spake before his brethren and the army of Samaria, and said, What do these feeble Jews? will they fortify themselves? will they sacrifice? will they make an end in a day? will they revive the stones out of the heaps of the rubbish which are burned?

“Jeremiah” Hebrew H3414 · used in 133 verses

  • 2 Kings 23:31 Jehoahaz was twenty and three years old when he began to reign; and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. And his mother's name was Hamutal, the daughter of Jeremiah of Libnah.
  • Jeremiah 28:15 Then said the prophet Jeremiah unto Hananiah the prophet, Hear now, Hananiah; The LORD hath not sent thee; but thou makest this people to trust in a lie.
  • Jeremiah 38:9 My lord the king, these men have done evil in all that they have done to Jeremiah the prophet, whom they have cast into the dungeon; and he is like to die for hunger in the place where he is: for there is no more bread in the city.