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1 In
the fourth year
of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah,
king of Judah,
this word came
to Jeremiah from
the LORD, saying,
2 “Take
a scroll of
a book, and
write in it
all the words
that I have
spoken to you
against Israel,
against Judah, and
against all the
nations, from the
day I spoke
to you, from
the days of
Josiah even to
this day.
3 It
may be that
the house of
Judah will hear
all the evil
which I intend
to do to
them, that they
may each return
from his evil
way; that I
may forgive their
iniquity and their
sin.”
4 Then
Jeremiah called
Baruch the son
of Neriah; and
Baruch wrote from
the mouth of
Jeremiah all the
LORD’s words,
which he had
spoken to him,
on a scroll
of a book.
5 Jeremiah
commanded Baruch, saying, “I
am restricted. I
can’t go into the
LORD’s house.
6 Therefore
you go, and
read from the
scroll which you
have written from
my mouth, the
LORD’s words, in
the ears of the
people in the
LORD’s house on
the fast day.
Also you shall
read them in
the ears of all
Judah who come
out of their
cities.
7 It
may be they
will present their
supplication before
the LORD, and
will each return
from his evil
way; for the
LORD has
pronounced great
anger and wrath
against this
people.”
8 Baruch
the son of
Neriah did according
to all that
Jeremiah the
prophet commanded
him, reading in
the book the
LORD’s words in
the LORD’s house.
9 Now
in the fifth
year of Jehoiakim
the son of
Josiah, king of
Judah, in the
ninth month, all
the people in
Jerusalem and all
the people who
came from the
cities of Judah
to Jerusalem,
proclaimed a fast
before the LORD.
10 Then
Baruch read the
words of Jeremiah
from the book
in the LORD’s
house, in the
room of Gemariah
the son of
Shaphan the scribe,
in the upper
court, at the
entry of the
new gate of
the LORD’s house,
in the ears of
all the people.
11 When
Micaiah the son
of Gemariah, the
son of Shaphan,
had heard out
of the book
all the LORD’s
words,
12 he
went down into
the king’s house,
into the scribe’s
room; and behold,
all the princes
were sitting there,
Elishama the scribe,
Delaiah the son
of Shemaiah, Elnathan
the son of
Achbor, Gemariah
the son of
Shaphan, Zedekiah
the son of
Hananiah, and all
the princes.
13 Then
Micaiah declared
to them all
the words that
he had heard,
when Baruch read
the book in
the ears of the
people.
14 Therefore
all the princes
sent Jehudi the
son of Nethaniah,
the son of
Shelemiah, the son
of Cushi, to
Baruch, saying, “Take
in your hand
the scroll in
which you have
read in the ears
of the people,
and come.”
So Baruch the
son of Neriah
took the scroll
in his hand,
and came to
them.
15 They
said to him, “Sit
down now, and
read it in our
hearing.”
So Baruch read
it in
their hearing.
16 Now
when they had
heard all the
words, they turned
in fear one toward
another, and said
to Baruch, “We
will surely tell
the king of
all these words.”
17 They
asked Baruch,
saying, “Tell us
now, how did
you write all
these words at
his mouth?”
18 Then
Baruch answered
them, “He dictated
all these words
to me with
his mouth, and
I wrote them
with ink in
the book.”
19 Then
the princes said
to Baruch, “You
and Jeremiah go
hide. Don’t let anyone
know where you
are.”
20 They
went in to
the king into
the court, but
they had laid up
the scroll in
the room
of Elishama the
scribe. Then they
told all the
words in
the hearing of the
king.
21 So
the king sent
Jehudi to get
the scroll, and
he took it
out of the
room of Elishama
the scribe. Jehudi
read it in
the hearing of the
king, and in
the hearing of all
the princes who
stood beside the
king.
22 Now
the king was
sitting in the
winter house in
the ninth month,
and there was
a fire in
the brazier burning
before him.
23 When
Jehudi had read
three or four
columns, the king
cut it with
the penknife, and
cast it into
the fire that was
in the brazier,
until all the
scroll was
consumed in
the fire that was
in the brazier.
24 The
king and his
servants who heard
all these words
were not afraid,
and didn’t tear
their garments.
25 Moreover Elnathan and
Delaiah and
Gemariah had made
intercession to
the king that
he would not
burn the scroll;
but he would
not listen to
them.
26 The
king commanded
Jerahmeel the
king’s son, and
Seraiah the son
of Azriel, and
Shelemiah the son
of Abdeel,
to arrest Baruch
the scribe and
Jeremiah the
prophet; but the
LORD hid them.
27 Then
the LORD’s word
came to Jeremiah,
after the king
had burned the
scroll, and the
words which Baruch
wrote at the
mouth of Jeremiah,
saying,
28 “Take
again another scroll,
and write in
it all the
former words that
were in the
first scroll,
which Jehoiakim
the king of
Judah has burned.
29 Concerning
Jehoiakim king of
Judah you
shall say, ‘The
LORD says: “You
have burned this
scroll, saying, ‘Why
have you written
therein, saying, “The
king of Babylon
will certainly come
and destroy
this land, and
will cause to
cease from
there man and
animal”?’ ”
30 Therefore
the LORD says
concerning Jehoiakim
king of Judah: “He
will have no
one to sit
on David’s throne.
His dead body
will be cast
out in the
day to the
heat, and in
the night to
the frost.
31 I
will punish him,
his offspring, and
his servants for
their iniquity. I
will bring on
them, on the
inhabitants of
Jerusalem, and on
the men of
Judah, all the
evil that I
have pronounced
against them, but
they didn’t listen.” ’ ”
32 Then
Jeremiah took
another scroll,
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
many similar words
were added to
them.