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
LORDS 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
LORDS 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
thew gate of the
LORDS 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
kings house, into the
scribes 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
scribes 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 bayith#
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 #H5608, 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.