The Book of Jeremiah
36: 1And 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, 36:2Take 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. 36:3It 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.
36:4Then 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. 36:5And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I
cannot go into the house of Jehovah: 36:6therefore 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. 36:7It 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.
36:8And 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.
36:9Now 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.
36:10Then 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. 36:11And
when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the
book all the words of Jehovah, 36:12he 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. 36:13Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard,
when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 36:14Therefore 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. 36:15And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears.
So Baruch read it in their ears. 36:16Now 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. 36:17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us
now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 36:18Then Baruch
answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I
wrote them with ink in the book. 36:19Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide
thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are. 36:20And 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. 36:21So 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. 36:22Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth
month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him. 36:23And 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. 36:24And they were not afraid, nor rent
their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
36:25Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the
king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them. 36:26And 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. 36:27Then 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, 36:28Take 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.
36:29And 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? 36:30Therefore 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.
36:31And 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.
36:32Then 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.