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
,
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
.
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
.
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
.
And Jeremiah commanded
Baruch
, saying
, I am shut up
; I cannot
go
into the house
of the LORD
:
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
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
.
When Michaiah the son
of Gemariah
, the son
of Shaphan
, had heard
out of the book
all the words
of the LORD
,
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
.
Then Michaiah declared
unto them all the words
that he had heard
, when Baruch
read
the book
in the ears
of the people
.
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.
And they said unto him, Sit down
now, and read
it in our ears
. So Baruch
read
it in their ears
.
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
.
And they asked Baruch
, saying
, Tell
us now, How didst thou write
all these words
at his mouth
?
Then Baruch answered
them, He pronounced
all these words
unto me with his mouth
, and I wrote
them with ink
in the book
.
Then said the princes
unto Baruch
, Go
, hide
thee, thou and Jeremiah
; and let no man
know
where
ye be.
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
.
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
.
Now the king sat
in the winterhouse
in the ninth
month
: and there was a fire on the hearth
burning
before
him.
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
.
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent
their garments
, neither the king
, nor any of his servants
that heard
all these words
.
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.
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.
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
,
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
.
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
?
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
.
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.
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
.