“Jehoiakim, the King, Burns the Book of Jeremiah’s Prophecies, and Judgment Comes upon Him—Jeremiah Dictates the Prophecies Again and Adds Many More”
Jeremiah 36:23–32
23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.
27 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,
28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
Elder Orson Pratt said:
“. . . [I]n the revelation given on the 6th day of April, 1830, there was nothing said about high priests at the time the revelation was given; neither about bishops. But you will find two paragraphs in that revelation which mention them [see D&C 20:66–67], which paragraphs were placed there several years after the revelation was given, which the Lord had a perfect right to do; and if it were necessary we might quote examples from scripture to show that the Lord adds to any revelation when He sees proper, in order to make it more fully understood. For instance, you recollect that Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah a lengthy revelation regarding the king of Israel and the house of Israel. And that when the revelation was given to the king of Israel and after he ‘had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed’ [Jer. 36:23]. Did the Lord give it over again? Yes, ‘and,’ says the scripture, ‘there were added besides unto them many like words’ not in the former revelation [Jer. 36:32]. If the Lord took that method in the days of Jeremiah [see Jer. 36:23–32], was there anything inconsistent in the Prophet Joseph, in years afterwards, adding the words, ‘bishops and high priests’ [see D&C 20:66–67], in order that the people might more fully understand? My motive in mentioning these things is that the people may understand the ways of the Lord. His ways are not as the ways of man, neither are His thoughts limited by our limited thoughts or conceptions [see Isa. 55:8–9]. But He does as He pleases.”
(“Discourse,” Deseret Evening News, Apr. 16, 1881, 1.)
