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In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the
LORD:
It
happened
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah ,
king of Judah, that
this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh,
saying,
“
Take a scroll and write on
it
all the words I have spoken to you concerning
Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first
spoke to you during
the reign
of Josiah until
today
.
Take a scroll of
a
book,
and write therein
all the words that
I have spoken to you against
Israel, and
against
Judah, and against
all the nations, from the day I spoke to you ,
from
the days
of Josiah ,
even
to
this
day
.
Perhaps
when
the people
of Judah hear about
all the calamity
I plan
to bring
upon
them,
each
of
them will
turn
from his wicked
way .
Then
I will
forgive their iniquity and their sin. ”
It
may
be
that
the house
of Judah will
hear all the evil
which
I purpose
to do
to
them ;
that
they
may
return
every
man
from his evil
way ;
that
I may
forgive their iniquity and their sin.
So
Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah ,
and at
the dictation
of Jeremiah ,
Baruch
wrote
on
a
scroll
all the words that
the
LORD
had spoken to Jeremiah
.
Then
Jeremiah called Baruch the
son of Neriah ;
and Baruch
wrote
from
the mouth
of Jeremiah all the words of
Yahweh,
which
he
had spoken to him,
on
a
scroll
of
a
book
.
Then
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “
I am restricted
; I cannot
enter
the house of the
LORD;
Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying,
I am shut
up
; I can't
go
into
the house of Yahweh:
so
you
are
to
go to
the
house
of
the
LORD
on
a
day
of
fasting
, and in the hearing
of
the
people
you are
to
read
the words of the LORD
from
the scroll
you have
written
at
my
dictation.
Read them in the hearing
of all the
people
of
Judah who are
coming
from
their cities.
therefore
go you
, and read
in the scroll,
which
you have
written
from
my
mouth,
the words of Yahweh
in
the ears
of
the people
in
Yahweh's
house
on
the
fast-day;
and
also
you shall
read them in the ears
of all Judah who come
out
of
their cities.
Perhaps
they will bring
their petition
before the
LORD
, and each
one
will turn
from his wicked
way; for great are
the anger and fury
that
the LORD
has pronounced against this people. ”
It
may
be
they will present
their supplication
before Yahweh
, and will return
everyone
from his evil
way; for great is
the anger and the wrath
that
Yahweh
has pronounced against this people.
So
Baruch son of Neriah did everything
that Jeremiah the prophet had
commanded him .
In the house
of
the
LORD
he
read
the words of the
LORD
from
the
scroll
.
Baruch the
son of Neriah did according
to
all
that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him ,
reading
in the book
the words of Yahweh
in
Yahweh's
house
.
Now in the ninth
month
of
the
fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a
fast
before
the LORD
was
proclaimed
to
all the people of
Jerusalem and all who had
come
there
from the cities of Judah.
Now it
happened
in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah ,
king of Judah, in
the ninth
month,
that
all the people in
Jerusalem ,
and all the
people
who came
from the cities of Judah to
Jerusalem,
proclaimed
a
fast
before
Yahweh
.
From
the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which
was
in the upper courtyard
at the opening
of the New Gate of the
house of
the
LORD
, Baruch
read
from
the
scroll
the
words
of
Jeremiah
in the hearing
of all the people.
Then
read
Baruch
in
the book
the
words
of
Jeremiah
in
the
house
of
Yahweh,
in
the
chamber of Gemariah the
son of Shaphan ,
the scribe, in the upper court,
at the entry
of the new gate of Yahweh's
house, in the ears
of all the people.
When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the
LORD
from
the
scroll
,
When Micaiah the
son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had
heard out
of
the
book
all the words of Yahweh
,
he went down to
the scribe’s
chamber
in
the king’s
palace
, where
all the officials
were sitting :
Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other
officials
.
he went down into
the king's
house,
into
the scribe's
chamber:
and
, behold,
all the princes
were sitting there,
[to
wit],
Elishama the scribe, and
Delaiah the
son of Shemaiah, and
Elnathan the
son of Achbor, and
Gemariah the
son of Shaphan, and
Zedekiah the
son of Hananiah, and all the princes
.
And
Micaiah reported
to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from
the scroll
in the hearing
of the people.
Then
Micaiah declared
to them all the words that
he had heard ,
when
Baruch read the book
in the ears
of the people.
Then
all the officials
sent word
to
Baruch
through
Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring
the scroll that
you read in the hearing
of the people, and come here
. ”
So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went
to them.
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.
“Please
sit
down,”
they said, “
and read it in our hearing
. ”
So Baruch read it in their hearing
.
They said to
him
, Sit
down
now,
and read it in our ears
. So Baruch read it in their ears
.
When they had heard all these
words, they turned to
one
another
in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely
we must
report
all these words to
the
king
. ”
Now
it
happened,
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.
“Tell
us
now,”
they asked Baruch, “
how did you write all these words ?
Was
it
at Jeremiah’s
dictation
? ”
They asked Baruch, saying,
Tell
us
now,
How did you write all these words at his
mouth
?
“It
was
at
his
dictation,”
Baruch replied.
“
He recited
all these words to me and I wrote them in
ink on
the scroll
. ”
Then
Baruch answered
them,
He pronounced
all these words to me with
his
mouth,
and I wrote them with
ink in
the book
.
Then the
officials
said to Baruch, “
You and Jeremiah must
hide
yourselves
and tell
no one
where you are. ”
Then said the
princes
to Baruch, Go,
hide
you ,
you
and Jeremiah ;
and let
no man
know
where you are.
So
the
officials
went to the king in
the courtyard.
And
having
stored
the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe ,
they reported
everything
to
the king.
They
went in
to the king into
the court;
but
they
had
laid
up
the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe ;
and
they told
all
the words
in
the
ears
of
the
king.
Then
the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll ,
and he took it from
the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And
Jehudi read it in the hearing
of the king and all the officials
who were
standing
beside him
.
So
the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll ;
and he took it out
of
the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it in the ears
of the king ,
and in
the
ears
of
all the princes
who stood
beside the
king
.
Since
it
was
the
ninth
month,
the king was sitting in his
winter quarters
with
a fire burning before him.
Now
the king was sitting in the
winter -house
in
the
ninth
month:
and
[there
was
a fire in]
the
brazier
burning before him.
And
as
soon
as
Jehudi had read three or four columns
, Jehoiakim
would
cut them
off
with a
scribe’s
knife
and throw
them
into the firepot
, until the entire
scroll had
been
consumed by
the fire.
It
happened,
when
Jehudi had read three or four leaves
, that
[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
.
Yet
in
hearing
all
these
words
, the king and
his servants did
not
become
frightened
or
tear
their
garments
.
They
were
not
afraid
, nor
tore
their
garments,
neither
the king ,
nor
any
of
his servants who
heard
all
these
words
.
Even
though
Elnathan ,
Delaiah ,
and Gemariah urged
the king not to
burn the scroll ,
he would not listen
to
them.
Moreover
Elnathan and
Delaiah and Gemariah had
made
intercession
to
the king that
he
would
not burn the scroll ;
but
he would not hear
them.
Instead,
the king commanded Jerahmeel ,
a
son
of
the king
, as
well
as
Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize
Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet .
But the
LORD
had
hidden
them.
The king commanded Jerahmeel the king's
son
, and
Seraiah the
son of Azriel ,
and Shelemiah the
son of Abdeel, to take
Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet ;
but Yahweh
hid
them.
After the king had burned the scroll containing
the words that
Baruch had
written
at Jeremiah’s
dictation,
the word
of the
LORD
came
to
Jeremiah :
Then
the
word
of
Yahweh
came
to
Jeremiah,
after that
the king had burned the scroll ,
and
the words which
Baruch wrote
at the mouth
of Jeremiah ,
saying,
“
Take another scroll and rewrite
on
it the very
words that were on
the original
scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.
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.
You
are
to
proclaim
concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that
this
is
what
the
LORD
says: You have burned the
scroll and
said
, ‘
Why have you written on
it
that
the king of Babylon would
surely
come and destroy this land and deprive
it
of
man and beast
? ’
Concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you
shall
say,
Thus
says Yahweh
: You have burned this
scroll, saying,
Why have you written therein,
saying,
The king of Babylon shall
certainly
come and destroy this land ,
and shall
cause
to
cease
from
there
man and animal
?
Therefore this
is
what
the
LORD
says about
Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will
have no
one
to sit on David’s
throne ,
and his body will
be thrown
out and
exposed
to heat by
day
and frost
by
night.
Therefore thus
says Yahweh
concerning
Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall
have none
to sit on 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
.
I will punish him and his descendants
and servants for their iniquity .
I will bring on them, on the residents
of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity
about
which
I warned
them but they did
not
listen. ”
I will punish him and his seed
and his
servants for their iniquity ;
and
I will bring on them, and
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.
Then Jeremiah
took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch
son of Neriah, and
at
Jeremiah’s
dictation
he
wrote on
it
all the words of the scroll
that
Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire .
And many
similar
words
were added to them.
Then took Jeremiah
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 there
were added besides
to them many
like
words
.
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