Jeremiah 36:26
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The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Yahweh hid them.
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Get a full Reformed explanation of this passageJerusalem was Judah’s capital, where King Jehoiakim sought to arrest Jeremiah and Baruch after the scroll was read; the New Gate was a prominent entrance associated with the temple precincts where the message had been publicly proclaimed. Babylon was the rising imperial power whose threatened judgment formed the scroll’s central warning.
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Jeremiah 36:26 mentions Babylon, Jerusalem and New Gate.
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