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God told Jeremiah to write his Holy Spirit inspired prophecies into words through a secretary, Baruch. This is the same as the writing of Paul’s Holy Spirit inspired letters through a secretary (Rom. 16:22). The purpose for writing the prophecies was to spur the people to repentance. Written word indicates the seriousness of God’s warning. This warning affected some people (v. 16), but not on Jehoiakim.

Instead of repenting in dust and ashes, Jehoiakim burns God’s words and tries to kill God’s messengers. For such serious sin God judges him and promises that none of his descendants will occupy the throne of David. This punishment was also mentioned in Jer. 22:28. See the BRG comments on chapter 22 to understand how Jesus can still fulfill God’s promise of being God’s forever king from the line of David and yet circumvent this curse on Jehoiakim.

Destroying or twisting God’s written words are serious sins that have serious consequences. Revelation 22:18-19 also stipulates serious consequences for those who tamper with God’s word. Many prophets from the charismatic movement are tampering with God’s word by claiming direct revelation from God that often contradict the Bible, such people will receive severe punishment from God. Let us grow in discernment and stay away from such false prophets. Let us also warn other of such danger.

神告知耶利米要藉着文士巴录将圣灵向他默示的预言写成文字。这与保罗通过一名文士书写圣灵所默示的书信是相同的（罗16:22）。记载预言的目的是为了激起人们悔改之心。话语的记载显示神之警戒的严重性。这个警戒影响一部分人（16节），却不是约雅敬。

约雅敬烧了神的话并试图杀害神的使者，却不在尘土与灰烬中悔改。因着他极大的罪恶，神审判了他，并应许其后裔将无一人能坐上大卫的宝座。这惩罚在耶利米书22:28中有所记载——请查阅《每日读经计划》第22章的注解，以便理解耶稣如何仍算为大卫的支派，却绕过了降在约雅敬身上的诅咒而成为神永恒的王，以此实现了神的应许。