In the afourth year
of Jehoiakim
the son
of Josiah
, king
of Judah
, this
word
came
to Jeremiah
from the LORD
, saying
,
"Take a 1 ascroll
and write
on it all
the bwords
which
I have spoken
to you concerning
cIsrael
and concerning
Judah
, and concerning
all
the dnations
, from the eday
I first spoke
to you, from the days
of Josiah
, even to this
day
.
" aPerhaps the house
of Judah
will hear
all
the calamity
which
I plan
to bring
on them, in order
that every
man
will bturn
from his evil
way
; then I will cforgive
their iniquity
and their sin
."
Then Jeremiah called
aBaruch
the son
of Neriah
, and Baruch
wrote
on a 1 bscroll
2at the dictation
of Jeremiah
all
the words
of the LORD
which
He had spoken
to him.
Jeremiah commanded
Baruch
, saying
, "I am 1 arestricted
; I cannot
go
into the house
of the LORD
.
"So you go and aread
from the scroll
which
you have bwritten
1at my dictation
the words
of the LORD
2to the people
in the LORD'S
house
on a cfast
day
. And also
you shall read
them 2to all
the people of Judah
who come
from their cities
.
" aPerhaps their supplication
will 1come
before
the LORD
, and everyone
will turn
from his evil
way
, for bgreat
is the anger
and the wrath
that the LORD
has pronounced
against
this
people
."
Baruch the son
of Neriah
did
according to all
that Jeremiah
the prophet
commanded
him, areading
from the book
the words
of the LORD
in the LORD'S
house
.
Now in the afifth year
of Jehoiakim
the son
of Josiah
, king
of Judah
, in the bninth
month
, all
the people
in Jerusalem
and all
the people
who ccame
from the cities
of Judah
to Jerusalem
proclaimed
a dfast
before
the LORD
.
Then Baruch read
from the book
the words
of Jeremiah
in the house
of the LORD
in the achamber
of bGemariah
the son
of Shaphan
the cscribe
, in the upper
court
, at the dentry
of the New
Gate
of the LORD'S
house
, to all
the people
.
Now when aMicaiah the son
of Gemariah
, the son
of Shaphan
, had heard
all
the words
of the LORD
from the book
,
he went down
to the king's
house
, into the scribe's
chamber
. And behold
, all
the officials
were sitting
there
-- aElishama
the scribe
, and bDelaiah
the son
of Shemaiah
, and cElnathan
the son
of Achbor
, and Gemariah
the son
of Shaphan
, and Zedekiah
the son
of Hananiah
, and all
the other officials
.
Micaiah adeclared
to them all
the words
that he had heard
when Baruch
read
from the book
to the people
.
Then all the officials
sent
aJehudi
the son
of Nethaniah
, the son
of Shelemiah
, the son
of Cushi
, to Baruch
, saying
, "Take
in your hand
the scroll
from which
you have read
to the people
and come
." So Baruch
the son
of Neriah
btook
the scroll
in his hand
and went
to them.
They said to him, "Sit
down
, please
, and read
it to us." So Baruch
aread
it to them.
When they had heard all
the words
, they turned
in afear
one
to another
and said
to Baruch
, "We will surely
breport
all
these
words
to the king
."
And they asked Baruch
, saying
, "Tell
us, please
, ahow
did you write
all
these
words
? Was it 1at his dictation
?"
Then Baruch said
to them, "He adictated
all
these
words
to me, and I wrote
them with ink
on the book
."
Then the officials said
to Baruch
, "Go
, ahide
yourself, you and Jeremiah
, and do not let anyone know
where
you are."
So they went to the aking
in the court
, but they had deposited
the scroll
in the chamber
of aElishama
the scribe
, and they reported
all
the words
to the king
.
Then the king sent
Jehudi
to get
the scroll
, and he took
it out of the chamber
of Elishama
the scribe
. And Jehudi
aread
it to the king
as well as to all
the officials
who stood
beside
the king
.
Now the king was sitting
in the awinter
house
in the bninth
month
, with a fire burning
in the brazier
before
him.
When Jehudi had read
three
or four
columns
, the king cut
it with a scribe's
knife
and athrew
it into the fire
that was in the brazier
, until
all
the scroll
was consumed
in the fire
that was in the brazier
.
Yet the king and all
his servants
who heard
all
these
words
were anot afraid
, nor
did they brend
their garments
.
Even though Elnathan
and Delaiah
and Gemariah
apleaded
with the king
not to burn
the scroll
, he would not listen
to them.
And the king commanded
Jerahmeel
the king's
son
, Seraiah
the son
of Azriel
, and Shelemiah
the son
of Abdeel
to aseize
Baruch
the scribe
and Jeremiah
the prophet
, but the bLORD
hid
them.
Then the word of the LORD
came
to Jeremiah
after
the king
had aburned
the scroll
and the words
which
bBaruch
had written
at the dictation
of Jeremiah
, saying
,
" aTake again
another
scroll
and write
on it all
the former
words
that were bon the first
scroll
which
Jehoiakim
the king
of Judah
burned
.
"And concerning Jehoiakim
king
of Judah
you shall say
, `Thus
says
the LORD
, "You have aburned
this
scroll
, saying
, ` bWhy
have you written
on it 1that the cking
of Babylon
will certainly
come
and destroy
this
land
, and will make man
and beast
to cease
from it?' "
`Therefore thus
says
the LORD
concerning
Jehoiakim
king
of Judah
, "He shall have
ano
one to sit
on the throne
of David
, and his bdead
body
shall be cast
out to the heat
of the day
and the frost
of the night
.
"I will also apunish him and his 1descendants
and his servants
for their iniquity
, and I will bbring
on them and the inhabitants
of Jerusalem
and the men
of Judah
all
the calamity
that I have declared
to them--but they did not listen
.""'
Then Jeremiah took
another
scroll
and gave
it to Baruch
the son
of Neriah
, the scribe
, and he awrote
on it at the dictation
of Jeremiah
all
the words
of the book
which
Jehoiakim
king
of Judah
had burned
in the fire
; and many
1similar words
were added
to them.