Reading Leads to Repentance, Perhaps

▪︎ Jeremiah called to write down all his prophecies in a scroll – Jer 36:2;
▪︎ Perhaps all the various elements will line up to make this effective:
 ► Finds the scroll
 ► Reads the scroll – Jer 36:6;
 ► Has ears to hear the words
 ► Heart to respond
 ► God sovereignly causes all to line up
 ► Like holes lining up in the swiss cheese model
▪︎ Israel to repent – Jer 36:3; Prov 1:23;
▪︎ Call on God in truth – Jer 36:7;

Key words in Jer 36:7…
▪︎ Perhaps (אוּלַי – Hebrew) – uwlay Perhaps, maybe, possibly, if only – 1Sam 14:6, 7; Ezek 12:3; Amos 5:15; Jonah 1:6; 2Tim 2:24-25;
▪︎ Turn (שׁוּב – Hebrew) – shuwb Return, turn back, restore, repent – Isa 44:22; Mal 3:7;
▪︎ Supplication (תְּחִנָּה – Hebrew) – tchinnah Supplication, plea, entreaty – 1Kings 8:38, 39; 2Chron 6:19; Ps 6:9;

   see also …Return to God and He Will Return to You