A man received notices that he owed taxes on his property. Each time he received a notice, he disposed of it. But this didn’t change the fact that he owed the city taxes. In the days of Jeremiah, the king of Judah didn’t like the message that came from God’s prophet. So he tried to dispose of it. But God’s Word could not be destroyed, and the truth it declared could not be avoided. Everything on the earth will wither and pass away at some point. But God’s Word will endure forever.
ESV passage Jeremiah 36:1-31