Jeremiah 36 This chapter tells of the Jeremiah and a scroll. God told him to have a scribe write down all his prophecies and words from God in the hopes that by seeing what was going to happen, the King would be afraid and repent. Instead, when the king read the words, he cut them off and burned them piece-by-piece! He was not afraid, not at all remorseful! So, God said that he’d be killed and tossed in the street and that he would never have a decendant on the throne. And, he commanded Jeremiah to rewrite the words on a new scroll. This king was blatantly disrespecting God. He was bowing up against God’s authority and saying, through his actions, that he didn’t care what God said. Not a very wise king. But our children sometimes bow up against their parents and that leads to punishment for them, too. Unfortunately, this foolish king received some very hard terms of his punishment, and all of Israel would suffer, too. My thought is, instead of ignoring God’s words to us, we should listen. Then, we won’t have to endure the great punishment or consequence that comes from ignoring God and thinking that we are better than He is.