# Burning the Book - The Book of Jeremiah, 2 Kings and 2 Chronicles

An episode of [Kids Bible in a Year with Julia Jeffress Sadler](https://invisiblenetwork.ai/podcast/1696638708), 9 Jan 2024, 13 min.

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Join Julia Jeffress Sadler as she takes us on an incredible adventure in Episode 127. Twenty-three years into Jeremiah's prophetic mission, God instructs him to warn the people in the Temple of impending destruction if they don't repent. Facing hostility and threats of death, Jeremiah is defended by city officials but is banned from the Temple. God then directs Jeremiah to write a book containing all His messages, which his scribe Baruch reads in the Temple. The book reaches King Jehoiakim, who callously burns it page by page, ignoring its warnings. Despite the king's orders to arrest them, God protects Jeremiah and Baruch. God commands Jeremiah to write another book, reinforcing His judgement and adding that Babylon will conquer Judah for 70 years. Baruch, fearful for his life, is reassured by God's promise of protection. Sign up to receive Kids Bible in a Year devotionals in your inbox every weekday: https://www.kidsbibleinayear.com/ Get ready to experience the Bible designed specifically for children with the official KidsBibleinaYear.com podcast, led by Julia Jeffress Sadler. This captivating audio series presents the age-old wisdom of the Bible in an engaging format that will captivate your kids. Each episode Julia translates biblical teachings into real-life applications, making Bible comprehension a breeze for young minds. And if you want more Christian resources and content, you can download the Pray.com app. Pray.com is the digital destination for faith, offering over 5,000 daily prayers, meditations, bedtime Bible stories, and cinematic stories inspired by the Bible. For more resources on how to live a successful Christian life, visit Julia Jeffress Sadler's website at https://ptv.org/julia/. This episode is sponsored by Little Passports. Visit LittlePassports.com/blessed and use promo code BLESSED to receive 20% off. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.

## Transcript

[0:00] Speaker 1: I, the Lord, search the mind. I try the heart
[0:03] Speaker 1: even to give every man according to his ways, according
[0:07] Speaker 1: to the fruit of his doings. Jeremiah 17 10. Dear God,
[0:13] Speaker 1: you know everything we think about and everything we do.
[0:17] Speaker 1: We cannot hide anything from you. But even though you
[0:21] Speaker 1: know us better than anyone, you still love us and
[0:25] Speaker 1: you still call us your children. when we accept Jesus
[0:29] Speaker 1: as our Savior. Thank you for your wonderful love. We
[0:33] Speaker 1: love you too. In Jesus' name I pray. Amen.
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[1:12] Speaker 3: Burning the Book In our last story, we learned how
[1:17] Speaker 3: Jeremiah was appointed prophet of God. In this story, Jehoiakim
[1:23] Speaker 3: will burn Jeremiah's scrolls. Inspired by Jeremiah, 2 Kings, and
[1:29] Speaker 3: 2 Chronicles.
[1:33] Speaker 1: Hi there, it's Julia Sadler with the Kids Bible in
[1:36] Speaker 1: a Year podcast. I'm so happy you're here. Today we
[1:40] Speaker 1: get to hear a story about Jeremiah warning the priests
[1:43] Speaker 1: and King Jerichoam of what would happen if they didn't
[1:47] Speaker 1: start listening to God and what they did instead. Let's
[1:51] Speaker 1: jump right in.
[1:55] Speaker 3: Twenty-three years after Jeremiah became a prophet, a new king
[2:00] Speaker 3: came to reign named Jehoiakim. Because of Egypt winning the
[2:04] Speaker 3: battle against their city under King Josiah, Egypt was in
[2:08] Speaker 3: control of the city. The city of Judah paid high
[2:12] Speaker 3: taxes to Egypt every year. God told Jeremiah to once
[2:17] Speaker 3: again go into the temple and tell the people of
[2:20] Speaker 3: the city to cry out to God and repent or
[2:23] Speaker 3: the temple would be destroyed. Just like all the other times,
[2:27] Speaker 3: the people would not listen. In fact, this time, the
[2:32] Speaker 3: priests and the prophets in the temple became angry at
[2:35] Speaker 3: Jeremiah because they believed that his words were wrong. They
[2:40] Speaker 3: grabbed him and threatened to kill him, saying, What makes
[2:44] Speaker 3: you think you can come into the temple and say
[2:46] Speaker 3: those things, claiming that they are from God? You are
[2:50] Speaker 3: a disgrace, and we are going to kill you. The
[2:54] Speaker 3: officials of the city defended Jeremiah against the priests and
[2:57] Speaker 3: the prophets, saying.
[2:59] Speaker 1: Let him go.
[3:00] Speaker 3: He is not wrong. These are the words of God.
[3:04] Speaker 3: The priests let him go, but told him that he
[3:07] Speaker 3: was never allowed to come into the temple ever again.
[3:12] Speaker 3: So God told Jeremiah to write a book that listed
[3:15] Speaker 3: all of the things he told Jeremiah about the judgment
[3:20] Speaker 3: that was to come to the people of the city.
[3:23] Speaker 3: Jeremiah called for his scribe named Baruch, and he did
[3:28] Speaker 3: just as God instructed. When he was done writing the book,
[3:32] Speaker 3: he sent his scribe to the temple to read it
[3:34] Speaker 3: out loud to the people that were there, because he
[3:38] Speaker 3: was not allowed to go there. Baruch did as Jeremiah
[3:42] Speaker 3: requested and read the book in the temple. This time,
[3:46] Speaker 3: the officials of the city heard what was in the book,
[3:49] Speaker 3: and they were afraid of the coming destructions. They spoke
[3:53] Speaker 3: to each other and decided to take the book to
[3:55] Speaker 3: King Jehoiakim. They approached the scribe and asked to take
[4:00] Speaker 3: the book to the king. Then they instructed him to
[4:03] Speaker 3: take Jeremiah and himself out of the city into hiding
[4:07] Speaker 3: so that they could be safe and instructed him to
[4:10] Speaker 3: keep it a secret from the other people in the city.
[4:14] Speaker 3: They brought it to the king who was sitting by
[4:16] Speaker 3: the fire and said, King, this book contains words from God.
[4:21] Speaker 3: and was being read in the temple. You must hear
[4:24] Speaker 3: what it says. The king agreed to hear what was
[4:27] Speaker 3: in the book. As they read each page of the book,
[4:30] Speaker 3: the king would rip out the page and throw it
[4:33] Speaker 3: into the fire to destroy it. They asked him to stop,
[4:36] Speaker 3: but he did not care. He continued to do it
[4:39] Speaker 3: until the entire book was in the fire. The book
[4:43] Speaker 3: was read aloud, so everyone in the room heard what
[4:46] Speaker 3: the book said. But no one was afraid or cried out, Instead,
[4:53] Speaker 3: the king was very angry. He immediately shouted, Go, find
[4:57] Speaker 3: the prophet Jeremiah and his scribe that wrote this book
[5:00] Speaker 3: and bring them back to me so they can be
[5:02] Speaker 3: thrown in prison for this. The king's men went out
[5:06] Speaker 3: and searched high and low for Jeremiah and Baruch. But
[5:09] Speaker 3: God protected them and they couldn't be found. God then
[5:14] Speaker 3: spoke to Jeremiah again and said, I want you to
[5:17] Speaker 3: write another. just like the one that was burned in
[5:20] Speaker 3: the fire by the king. I want you to then
[5:23] Speaker 3: bring it before the king with a message from me, saying,
[5:27] Speaker 3: You burned the book because you did not want anyone
[5:31] Speaker 3: to know of the destruction I was going to bring
[5:33] Speaker 3: to the people of the city. You did not want
[5:35] Speaker 3: them talking about how I will allow Babylon to take
[5:39] Speaker 3: over this city because you have not listened to my words.
[5:43] Speaker 3: You will die a dishonorable death. When you die... Your
[5:48] Speaker 3: body will be left out in the open to rot,
[5:51] Speaker 3: and it will not be buried like a king's body should.
[5:55] Speaker 3: Your throne will be taken away from you, and none
[5:59] Speaker 3: of your children.
[6:00] Speaker 1: Will get it back from you.
[6:02] Speaker 3: Jeremiah did as God said, and had his scribe write
[6:05] Speaker 3: down the words of God once again. He continued to
[6:08] Speaker 3: add to the book over time until it was complete.
[6:12] Speaker 3: He added to the original book more of what was
[6:15] Speaker 3: to come. including the words telling the people of the
[6:18] Speaker 3: city that Babylon will destroy the city and that you
[6:21] Speaker 3: will be taken from your land for 70 years until
[6:25] Speaker 3: your children have been brought back by God. Baruch continued
[6:30] Speaker 3: to obey God and write what Jeremiah spoke, but he
[6:34] Speaker 3: was afraid for his life. God spoke directly to him,
[6:38] Speaker 3: reassuring him, saying, I see that you are scared. It
[6:42] Speaker 3: is a great burden to be the scribe for my
[6:45] Speaker 3: prophet Jeremiah, and your life may seem like it is
[6:48] Speaker 3: in danger, but do not be afraid. I will take
[6:52] Speaker 3: care of you. I will spare your life when this
[6:56] Speaker 3: city is destroyed.
[7:02] Speaker 1: Do not be afraid. I will take care of you.
[7:06] Speaker 1: Aren't the words Barak heard from God the most wonderful words?
[7:11] Speaker 1: They're perfect for just about any scary situation. Feel anxious
[7:16] Speaker 1: about moving somewhere new? God says, do not be afraid.
[7:21] Speaker 1: I will take care of you. Feel sad because you've
[7:25] Speaker 1: lost someone you love? God says, do not be afraid.
[7:30] Speaker 1: I will take care of you. Feel angry or worried
[7:34] Speaker 1: because someone picked on you or was mean? God says,
[7:39] Speaker 1: do not be afraid. No matter what you face in life,
[7:45] Speaker 1: your loving Heavenly Father looks down at you, His precious child,
[7:50] Speaker 1: and says, Just hearing those words makes me feel so peaceful.
[8:00] Speaker 1: You too? Can you believe those silly Israelites missed out
[8:04] Speaker 1: on it? Let's remember what happened. God's people had given
[8:09] Speaker 1: their word they would obey Him, but then they broke it.
[8:13] Speaker 1: In fact, they had been ignoring God and worshiping worthless
[8:17] Speaker 1: idols for hundreds of years. But one thing you should
[8:21] Speaker 1: know about the Lord is that He is fair, always, always, always.
[8:26] Speaker 1: And the Lord had told His people that if they
[8:28] Speaker 1: disobeyed His laws, the laws He gave to keep them safe, healthy,
[8:34] Speaker 1: and happy... They would have to leave the beautiful, wonderful
[8:37] Speaker 1: land he'd given them. So when they disobeyed him the
[8:41] Speaker 1: first time, God had every right to kick them out.
[8:44] Speaker 1: That would have been fair. But because God loves his
[8:48] Speaker 1: people and he is also patient and kind, he gave
[8:53] Speaker 1: them another chance and another one and another one and
[8:59] Speaker 1: a whole bunch more after that. He also sent prophets
[9:03] Speaker 1: like Jeremiah to warn the people that he meant what
[9:07] Speaker 1: he said. If they didn't stop worshiping worthless idols and
[9:11] Speaker 1: turn back to him, they'd have to leave the beautiful,
[9:14] Speaker 1: wonderful land he'd given them. You see, God always means
[9:19] Speaker 1: what he says. But he also wanted to make super duper, absolutely,
[9:25] Speaker 1: positively sure that every single person knew They had the
[9:30] Speaker 1: chance to change their behavior and stay in the land.
[9:34] Speaker 1: So Jeremiah told the priests in the temple, Stop worshiping
[9:37] Speaker 1: worthless idols and worship God, or else the army of
[9:41] Speaker 1: Babylon will come and take you away. But the priests
[9:45] Speaker 1: got angry with him. They didn't believe Jeremiah at all.
[9:49] Speaker 1: They believed a terrible, horrible, awful lie instead. Now the
[9:54] Speaker 1: most dangerous lies are the ones that are a little
[9:57] Speaker 1: bit true. And this was one of them. those. The
[10:01] Speaker 1: priest said, God is good and he loves us. That
[10:06] Speaker 1: part of the lie is true. Then they said, and
[10:10] Speaker 1: because he loves us, we can do anything we want
[10:14] Speaker 1: and nothing bad will ever happen. Oh, wow. It sounds
[10:18] Speaker 1: like those priests didn't know God very well. And King Jehoiakim,
[10:23] Speaker 1: who didn't care one bit what Jeremiah said, didn't know
[10:27] Speaker 1: God at all. You see, God does mean what he says.
[10:32] Speaker 1: And he loves us too much to let us keep
[10:35] Speaker 1: making bad choices. God is fair, and he gives Judah
[10:39] Speaker 1: lots of chances to change. But they choose not to,
[10:43] Speaker 1: so their consequences would come. And while it's nice to
[10:48] Speaker 1: think that because God loves us, nothing bad will ever
[10:51] Speaker 1: happen in our lives, the truth is we live in
[10:54] Speaker 1: a world that's broken. It's filled with the consequences of
[10:58] Speaker 1: everyone's bad choices. And so sometimes you might face scary
[11:02] Speaker 1: situations that aren't your fault. That can make you feel
[11:06] Speaker 1: sad or anxious or angry. But if you believe that
[11:11] Speaker 1: going through a scary situation means God doesn't love you,
[11:16] Speaker 1: That's a terrible, horrible, awful lie. Because you can be
[11:20] Speaker 1: super duper, absolutely, positively sure that no matter what you
[11:25] Speaker 1: face in life, your loving Heavenly Father is looking down
[11:30] Speaker 1: at you, His precious child, and saying, Do not be afraid.
[11:36] Speaker 1: I will take care of you. And He will. Because
[11:40] Speaker 1: God always means what He says. I'm so happy you
[11:43] Speaker 1: joined me today. Come back next time to hear about
[11:46] Speaker 1: a vision the Lord gave Jeremiah about fruit and what
[11:50] Speaker 1: it meant for God's people. Remember, the Bible is the
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