¹ And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying,

² Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

³ It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man 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 words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

⁵ And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

⁶ Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

⁷ It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.

⁸ And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.

⁹ And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

¹⁰ Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears of all the people.

¹¹ When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,

¹² Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even 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.

¹³ Then Michaiah declared unto 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, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

¹⁵ And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

¹⁶ Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

¹⁷ And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

¹⁸ Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

¹⁹ Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

²⁰ And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

²¹ So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.

²² Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

²³ And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

²⁴ Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

²⁵ Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.

²⁶ But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.

²⁷ Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

²⁸ Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

²⁹ And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

³⁰ Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon 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.

³¹ And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.

³² Then took Jeremiah another roll, 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 unto them many like words.

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¹ And it came to pass in the fourth ^H7243 year ^H8141 of Jehoiakim ^H3079 the son ^H1121 of Josiah ^H2977 king ^H4428 of Judah, ^H3063 that this word ^H1697 came unto Jeremiah ^H3414 from the LORD, ^H3068 saying, ^H559

² Take ^H3947 thee a roll ^H4039 of a book, ^H5612 and write ^H3789 therein all the words ^H1697 that I have spoken ^H1696 unto thee against Israel, ^H3478 and against Judah, ^H3063 and against all the nations, ^H1471 from the day ^H3117 I spake ^H1696 unto thee, from the days ^H3117 of Josiah, ^H2977 even unto this day. ^H3117

³ It may be that the house ^H1004 of Judah ^H3063 will hear ^H8085 all the evil ^H7451 which I purpose ^H2803 to do ^H6213 unto them; that they may return ^H7725 every man ^H376 from his evil ^H7451 way; ^H1870 that I may forgive ^H5545 their iniquity ^H5771 and their sin. ^H2403

⁴ Then Jeremiah ^H3414 called ^H7121 Baruch ^H1263 the son ^H1121 of Neriah: ^H5374 and Baruch ^H1263 wrote ^H3789 from the mouth ^H6310 of Jeremiah ^H3414 all the words ^H1697 of the LORD, ^H3068 which he had spoken ^H1696 unto him, upon a roll ^H4039 of a book. ^H5612

⁵ And Jeremiah ^H3414 commanded ^H6680 Baruch, ^H1263 saying, ^H559 I am shut up; ^H6113 I cannot ^H3201 go ^H935 into the house ^H1004 of the LORD: ^H3068

⁶ Therefore go ^H935 thou, and read ^H7121 in the roll, ^H4039 which thou hast written ^H3789 from my mouth, ^H6310 the words ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068 in the ears ^H241 of the people ^H5971 in the LORD'S ^H3068 house ^H1004 upon the fasting ^H6685 day: ^H3117 and also thou shalt read ^H7121 them in the ears ^H241 of all Judah ^H3063 that come out ^H935 of their cities. ^H5892

⁷ It may be they will present ^H5307 their supplication ^H8467 before ^H6440 the LORD, ^H3068 and will return ^H7725 every one ^H376 from his evil ^H7451 way: ^H1870 for great ^H1419 is the anger ^H639 and the fury ^H2534 that the LORD ^H3068 hath pronounced ^H1696 against this people. ^H5971

⁸ And Baruch ^H1263 the son ^H1121 of Neriah ^H5374 did ^H6213 according to all that Jeremiah ^H3414 the prophet ^H5030 commanded ^H6680 him, reading ^H7121 in the book ^H5612 the words ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068 in the LORD'S ^H3068 house. ^H1004

⁹ And it came to pass in the fifth ^H2549 year ^H8141 of Jehoiakim ^H3079 the son ^H1121 of Josiah ^H2977 king ^H4428 of Judah, ^H3063 in the ninth ^H8671 month, ^H2320 that they proclaimed ^H7121 a fast ^H6685 before ^H6440 the LORD ^H3068 to all the people ^H5971 in Jerusalem, ^H3389 and to all the people ^H5971 that came ^H935 from the cities ^H5892 of Judah ^H3063 unto Jerusalem. ^H3389

¹⁰ Then read ^H7121 Baruch ^H1263 in the book ^H5612 the words ^H1697 of Jeremiah ^H3414 in the house ^H1004 of the LORD, ^H3068 in the chamber ^H3957 of Gemariah ^H1587 the son ^H1121 of Shaphan ^H8227 the scribe, ^H5608 in the higher ^H5945 court, ^H2691 at the entry ^H6607 of the new ^H2319 gate ^H8179 of the LORD'S ^H3068 house, ^H1004 in the ears ^H241 of all the people. ^H5971

¹¹ When Michaiah ^H4321 the son ^H1121 of Gemariah, ^H1587 the son ^H1121 of Shaphan, ^H8227 had heard ^H8085 out of the book ^H5612 all the words ^H1697 of the LORD, ^H3068

¹² Then he went down ^H3381 into the king's ^H4428 house, ^H1004 into the scribe's ^H5608 chamber: ^H3957 and, lo, all the princes ^H8269 sat ^H3427 there, even Elishama ^H476 the scribe, ^H5608 and Delaiah ^H1806 the son ^H1121 of Shemaiah, ^H8098 and Elnathan ^H494 the son ^H1121 of Achbor, ^H5907 and Gemariah ^H1587 the son ^H1121 of Shaphan, ^H8227 and Zedekiah ^H6667 the son ^H1121 of Hananiah, ^H2608 and all the princes. ^H8269

¹³ Then Michaiah ^H4321 declared ^H5046 unto them all the words ^H1697 that he had heard, ^H8085 when Baruch ^H1263 read ^H7121 the book ^H5612 in the ears ^H241 of the people. ^H5971

¹⁴ Therefore all the princes ^H8269 sent ^H7971 Jehudi ^H3065 the son ^H1121 of Nethaniah, ^H5418 the son ^H1121 of Shelemiah, ^H8018 the son ^H1121 of Cushi, ^H3570 unto Baruch, ^H1263 saying, ^H559 Take ^H3947 in thine hand ^H3027 the roll ^H4039 wherein thou hast read ^H7121 in the ears ^H241 of the people, ^H5971 and come. ^H3212 So Baruch ^H1263 the son ^H1121 of Neriah ^H5374 took ^H3947 the roll ^H4039 in his hand, ^H3027 and came ^H935 unto them.

¹⁵ And they said ^H559 unto him, Sit down ^H3427 now, and read ^H7121 it in our ears. ^H241 So Baruch ^H1263 read ^H7121 it in their ears. ^H241

¹⁶ Now it came to pass, when they had heard ^H8085 all the words, ^H1697 they were afraid ^H6342 both ^H413 one ^H376 and other, ^H7453 and said ^H559 unto Baruch, ^H1263 We will surely ^H5046 tell ^H5046 the king ^H4428 of all these words. ^H1697

¹⁷ And they asked ^H7592 Baruch, ^H1263 saying, ^H559 Tell ^H5046 us now, How didst thou write ^H3789 all these words ^H1697 at his mouth? ^H6310

¹⁸ Then Baruch ^H1263 answered ^H559 them, He pronounced ^H7121 all these words ^H1697 unto me with his mouth, ^H6310 and I wrote ^H3789 them with ink ^H1773 in the book. ^H5612

¹⁹ Then said ^H559 the princes ^H8269 unto Baruch, ^H1263 Go, ^H3212 hide ^H5641 thee, thou and Jeremiah; ^H3414 and let no man ^H376 know ^H3045 where ^H375 ye be.

²⁰ And they went in ^H935 to the king ^H4428 into the court, ^H2691 but they laid up ^H6485 the roll ^H4039 in the chamber ^H3957 of Elishama ^H476 the scribe, ^H5608 and told ^H5046 all the words ^H1697 in the ears ^H241 of the king. ^H4428

²¹ So the king ^H4428 sent ^H7971 Jehudi ^H3065 to fetch ^H3947 the roll: ^H4039 and he took ^H3947 it out of Elishama ^H476 the scribe's ^H5608 chamber. ^H3957 And Jehudi ^H3065 read ^H7121 it in the ears ^H241 of the king, ^H4428 and in the ears ^H241 of all the princes ^H8269 which stood ^H5975 beside ^H5921 the king. ^H4428

²² Now the king ^H4428 sat ^H3427 in the winterhouse ^{H1004 H2779} in the ninth ^H8671 month: ^H2320 and there was a fire on the hearth ^H254 burning ^H1197 before ^H6440 him.

²³ And it came to pass, that when Jehudi ^H3065 had read ^H7121 three ^H7969 or four ^H702 leaves, ^H1817 he cut ^H7167 it with the penknife, ^{H8593 H5608} and cast ^H7993 it into the fire ^H784 that was on the hearth, ^H254 until all the roll ^H4039 was consumed ^H8552 in the fire ^H784 that was on the hearth. ^H254

²⁴ Yet they were not afraid, ^H6342 nor rent ^H7167 their garments, ^H899 neither the king, ^H4428 nor any of his servants ^H5650 that heard ^H8085 all these words. ^H1697

²⁵ Nevertheless Elnathan ^H494 and Delaiah ^H1806 and Gemariah ^H1587 had made intercession ^H6293 to the king ^H4428 that he would not burn ^H8313 the roll: ^H4039 but he would not hear ^H8085 them.

²⁶ But the king ^H4428 commanded ^H6680 Jerahmeel ^H3396 the son ^H1121 of Hammelech, ^H4429 and Seraiah ^H8304 the son ^H1121 of Azriel, ^H5837 and Shelemiah ^H8018 the son ^H1121 of Abdeel, ^H5655 to take ^H3947 Baruch ^H1263 the scribe ^H5608 and Jeremiah ^H3414 the prophet: ^H5030 but the LORD ^H3068 hid ^H5641 them.

²⁷ Then the word ^H1697 of the LORD ^H3068 came to Jeremiah, ^H3414 after ^H310 that the king ^H4428 had burned ^H8313 the roll, ^H4039 and the words ^H1697 which Baruch ^H1263 wrote ^H3789 at the mouth ^H6310 of Jeremiah, ^H3414 saying, ^H559

²⁸ Take ^H3947 thee again ^H7725 another ^H312 roll, ^H4039 and write ^H3789 in it all the former ^H7223 words ^H1697 that were in the first ^H7223 roll, ^H4039 which Jehoiakim ^H3079 the king ^H4428 of Judah ^H3063 hath burned. ^H8313

²⁹ And thou shalt say ^H559 to Jehoiakim ^H3079 king ^H4428 of Judah, ^H3063 Thus saith ^H559 the LORD; ^H3068 Thou hast burned ^H8313 this roll, ^H4039 saying, ^H559 Why hast thou written ^H3789 therein, saying, ^H559 The king ^H4428 of Babylon ^H894 shall certainly ^H935 come ^H935 and destroy ^H7843 this land, ^H776 and shall cause to cease ^H7673 from thence man ^H120 and beast? ^H929

³⁰ Therefore thus saith ^H559 the LORD ^H3068 of Jehoiakim ^H3079 king ^H4428 of Judah; ^H3063 He shall have none to sit ^H3427 upon the throne ^H3678 of David: ^H1732 and his dead body ^H5038 shall be cast out ^H7993 in the day ^H3117 to the heat, ^H2721 and in the night ^H3915 to the frost. ^H7140

³¹ And I will punish ^H6485 him and his seed ^H2233 and his servants ^H5650 for their iniquity; ^H5771 and I will bring ^H935 upon them, and upon the inhabitants ^H3427 of Jerusalem, ^H3389 and upon the men ^H376 of Judah, ^H3063 all the evil ^H7451 that I have pronounced ^H1696 against them; but they hearkened ^H8085 not.

³² Then took ^H3947 Jeremiah ^H3414 another ^H312 roll, ^H4039 and gave ^H5414 it to Baruch ^H1263 the scribe, ^H5608 the son ^H1121 of Neriah; ^H5374 who wrote ^H3789 therein from the mouth ^H6310 of Jeremiah ^H3414 all the words ^H1697 of the book ^H5612 which Jehoiakim ^H3079 king ^H4428 of Judah ^H3063 had burned ^H8313 in the fire: ^H784 and there were added ^H3254 besides unto them many ^H7227 like ^H1992 words. ^H1697

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¹ And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

² Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

³ It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man 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 words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

⁵ And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah:

⁶ therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in Jehovah's house upon the fast-day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

⁷ It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.

⁸ And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah's house.

⁹ Now it came to pass 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 that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah.

¹⁰ Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan, the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Jehovah's house, in the ears of all the people.

¹¹ And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah,

¹² he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, 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.

¹³ Then Micaiah declared unto 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, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

¹⁵ And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

¹⁶ Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

¹⁷ And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?

¹⁸ Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

¹⁹ Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are.

²⁰ And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.

²¹ So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that 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 And it came to pass, 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 roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier.

²⁴ And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

²⁵ Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.

²⁶ And 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 Jehovah hid them.

²⁷ Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

²⁸ Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

²⁹ And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

³⁰ Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon 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.

³¹ And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not.

³² Then took Jeremiah another roll, 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 unto them many like words.

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¹ And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying:

² `Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day;

³ if so be the house of Israel do hear all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they turn back each from is evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.'

⁴ And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book.

⁵ And Jeremiah commandeth Baruch, saying, `I am restrained, I am not able to enter the house of Jehovah;

⁶ but thou hast entered -- and thou hast read in the roll that thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people, in the house of Jehovah, in the day of the fast, and also in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities thou dost read them;

⁷ if so be their supplication doth fall before Jehovah, and they turn back each from his evil way, for great `is' the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath spoken concerning this people.'

⁸ And Baruch son of Neriah doth according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read in the book the words of Jehovah in the house of Jehovah.

⁹ And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah have all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem;

¹⁰ and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

¹¹ And Michaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heareth all the words of Jehovah from off the book,

¹² and he goeth down `to' the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads.

¹³ And declare to them doth Micaiah all the words that he hath heard, when Baruch readeth in the book in the ears of the people;

¹⁴ and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, `The roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people take in thy hand, and come.' And Baruch son of Neriah taketh the roll in his hand and cometh in unto them,

¹⁵ and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,

¹⁶ and it cometh to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid one at another, and say unto Baruch, `We do surely declare to the king all these words.'

¹⁷ And they asked Baruch, saying, `Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words -- from his mouth?'

¹⁸ And Baruch saith to them, `From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'

¹⁹ And the heads say unto Baruch, `Go, be hidden, thou and Jeremiah, and let no one know where ye `are'.'

²⁰ And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.

²¹ And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;

²² and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,

²³ and it cometh to pass, when Jehudi readeth three or four leaves, he cutteth it out with the scribe's knife, and hath cast unto the fire, that `is' on the stove, till the consumption of all the roll by the fire that `is' on the stove.

²⁴ And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor rent their garments.

²⁵ And also Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah have interceded with the king not to burn the roll, and he hath not hearkened unto them.

²⁶ And the king commandeth Jerahmeel son of Hammelek, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Jehovah doth hide them.

²⁷ And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah -- after the king's burning the roll, even the words that Baruch hath written from the mouth of Jeremiah -- saying:

²⁸ `Turn, take to thee another roll, and write on it all the former words that were on the first roll, that Jehoiakim king of Judah burnt,

²⁹ and unto Jehoiakim king of Judah thou dost say: Thus said Jehovah, Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Wherefore hast thou written on it, saying, The king of Babylon surely cometh in, and hath destroyed this land, and caused to cease from it man and beast?

³⁰ `Therefore, thus said Jehovah, concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He hath none sitting on the throne of David, and his carcase is cast out to heat by day, and to cold by night;

³¹ and I have charged on him, and on his seed, and on his servants, their iniquity; and I have brought in on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto the men of Judah, all the evil that I have spoken unto them, and they hearkened not.'

³² And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burnt in the fire; and again there were added unto them many words like these.

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¹ And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, [that] this word came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

² Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.

³ It may be the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I purpose to do unto them, that they may return every man from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

⁴ And Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Nerijah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.

⁵ And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up, I cannot go into the house of Jehovah; but go thou in,

⁶ and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in the house of Jehovah upon the fast day; and thou shalt also read them in the ears of all Judah that come from their cities.

⁷ It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and that they will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people.

⁸ And Baruch the son of Nerijah did according to all that the prophet Jeremiah commanded him, reading in the book the words of Jehovah in Jehovah's house.

⁹ And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, in the ninth month, [that] they proclaimed a fast before Jehovah, for all the people in Jerusalem, and for all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

¹⁰ And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people.

¹¹ And Micah the son of Gemariah the son of Shaphan heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah;

¹² and he went down to the king's house, into the scribe's chamber, and behold, all the princes were sitting there: 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.

¹³ And Micah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read in the book in the ears of the people.

¹⁴ And all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. And Baruch the son of Nerijah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.

¹⁵ And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. And Baruch read [it] in their ears.

¹⁶ And it came to pass, when they heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch, We will certainly report to the king all these words.

¹⁷ And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words from his mouth?

¹⁸ And Baruch said unto them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote [them] with ink in the book.

¹⁹ And the princes said unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; that none may know where ye are.

²⁰ And they went in unto the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king.

²¹ And the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll, and he fetched it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king.

²² Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month, and with the fire-pan burning before him.

²³ And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four columns, he cut it with the scribe's knife, and cast it into the fire that was in the pan until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the pan.

²⁴ And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, [neither] the king nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

²⁵ Moreover, Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them.

²⁶ And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.

²⁷ And after that the king had burned the roll, and the words that Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁸ Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.

²⁹ And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from it man and beast?

³⁰ Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon 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.

³¹ And I will visit their iniquity upon him, and upon his seed, and upon his servants; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; and they have not hearkened.

³² And Jeremiah took another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Nerijah; and he wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.

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¹ It happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from Yahweh, saying,

² 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.

³ 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.

⁴ 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.

⁵ Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I can't go into the house of Yahweh:

⁶ 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.

⁷ 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.

⁸ 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.

⁹ 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.

¹⁰ 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.

¹¹ When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Yahweh,

¹² 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.

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 ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

¹⁶ 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.

¹⁷ They asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?

¹⁸ Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.

¹⁹ Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.

²⁰ 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.

²¹ 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.

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 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.

²⁴ They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

²⁵ 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.

²⁶ 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.

²⁷ 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,

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, 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?

³⁰ 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.

³¹ 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.

³² 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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¹ Now it came about in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,

² Take a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.

³ It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin.

⁴ Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.

⁵ And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:

⁶ So you are to go, reading there from the book, which you have taken down from my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the Lord's house, on a day when they go without food, and in the hearing of all the men of Judah who have come out from their towns.

⁷ It may be that their prayer for grace will go up to the Lord, and that every man will be turned from his evil ways: for great is the wrath and the passion made clear by the Lord against this people.

⁸ And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did as Jeremiah the prophet gave him orders to do, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.

⁹ Now it came about in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that it was given out publicly that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem, were to keep from food before the Lord.

¹⁰ Then Baruch gave a public reading of the words of Jeremiah from the book, in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher square, as one goes in by the new doorway of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people.

¹¹ And Micaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, after hearing all the words of the Lord from the book,

¹² Went down to the king's house, to the scribe's room: and all the rulers were seated there, 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 rulers.

¹³ Then Micaiah gave them an account of all the words which had come to his ears when Baruch was reading the book to the people.

¹⁴ So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand and came down to them.

¹⁵ Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.

¹⁶ Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.

¹⁷ And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?

¹⁸ Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.

¹⁹ Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.

²⁰ Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.

²¹ So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.

²² Now the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.

²³ And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.

²⁴ But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.

²⁵ And Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made a strong request to the king not to let the book be burned, but he would not give ear to them.

²⁶ And the king gave orders to 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 the Lord kept them safe.

²⁷ Then after the book, in which Baruch had put down the words of Jeremiah, had been burned by the king, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,

²⁸ Take another book and put down in it all the words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, put into the fire.

²⁹ And about Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: You have put this book into the fire, saying, Why have you put in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come, causing the destruction of this land and putting an end to every man and beast in it?

³⁰ For this reason the Lord has said of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, He will have no son to take his place on the seat of David: his dead body will be put out to undergo the heat of the day and the cold of the night.

³¹ And I will send punishment on him and on his seed and on his servants for their evil-doing; I will send on them and on the people of Jerusalem and the men of Judah, all the evil which I said against them, but they did not give ear.

³² Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who put down in it, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book which had been burned in the fire by Jehoiakim, king of Judah: and in addition a number of other words of the same sort.