Jeremiah 36

1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 “Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.

3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.

5 Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;

6 so you are to go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting, and in the hearing of the people you are to read the words of the LORD from the scroll you have written at my dictation. Read them in the hearing of all the people of Judah who are coming from their cities.

7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD, and each one will turn from his wicked way; for great are the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

8 So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him. In the house of the LORD he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.

9 Now in the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a fast before the LORD was proclaimed to all the people of Jerusalem and all who had come there from the cities of Judah.

10 From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, which was in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the house of the LORD, Baruch read from the scroll the words of Jeremiah in the hearing of all the people.

11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

12 he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

13 And Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.

14 Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, saying, “Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come here.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.

15 “Please sit down,” they said, “and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

16 When they had heard all these words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, “Surely we must report all these words to the king.”

17 “Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did you write all these words? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”

18 “It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He recited all these words to me and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”

19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must hide yourselves and tell no one where you are.”

20 So the officials went to the king in the courtyard. And having stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, they reported everything to the king.

21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing beside him.

22 Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.

23 And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.

24 Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.

25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

27 After the king had burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

28 “Take another scroll and rewrite on it the very words that were on the original scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah has burned.

29 You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah that this is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll and said, ‘Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon would surely come and destroy this land and deprive it of man and beast?’

30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his body will be thrown out and exposed to heat by day and frost by night.

31 I will punish him and his descendants and servants for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the calamity about which I warned them but they did not listen.”

32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and at Jeremiah’s dictation he wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

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.

1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

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

3 Whether it may be that the house of Judah, hearing all the evil that I intend to do unto them, will turn every man from his wickedness, that I may forgive them their iniquity and their sin.

4 Then called Jeremiah Baruch the son of Neriah. And Baruch the same wrote in a book out of the mouth of Jeremiah all the sayings of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: I am a prisoner, that I cannot enter into the house of the LORD.

6 And thou shalt go in, and read the book wherein thou hast written the words of the LORD out of my mouth, before the people in the house of the LORD at the feast: and thou shalt read them also in the ears of all Judah, which come in out of their cities,

7 Whether they would humble themselves with prayer before the LORD, and turn every man from his evil way: for great is the wrath and fury of which the LORD hath spoken against this people.

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

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 unto all the people of Jerusalem, and to all the people that come out of the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

10 And Baruch read out of the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chapel of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the chancellor, in the upper court before the new gate of the house of the LORD, before all the people.

11 Now when Micaiah the son of Gemariah the son of Shaphan had heard all the words of the LORD out of the book,

12 And he went down into the king's house, into the king's chamber. And, behold, all the princes sat there; Elishama the chancellor, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, with all the princes.

13 And Micaiah shewed them all the words which he had heard, when Baruch read out of the book in the ears of the people.

14 Then all the princes sent Judiah the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Chushi, unto Baruch, saying. Take with thee the book out of which thou hast read before the people, and come. And Baruch the son of Neriah took the book with him, and came unto them.

15 And they said unto him, Sit thou down, and read, that we may hear. And Baruch read in their ears.

16 And when they heard all these sayings, they were amazed one against another, and said unto Baruch, We will report all these sayings unto the king.

17 And said unto Baruch, Tell us, how hast thou written all these sayings out of his mouth?

18 And Baruch said unto them: He read all these sayings out of his mouth unto me, and I wrote them in ink in the book.

19 And the princes said unto Baruch, Go and hide thyself with Jeremiah, that no man know where ye are.

20 And they went in unto the king into the court, and kept the book in the chamber of Elishama the chancellor, and spake all these words before the king.

21 Then the king sent Judi to fetch the book. And he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the chancellor. And Judiah read before the king, and before all the princes that sat with the king.

22 And the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month, before the hearth.

23 And when Judi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with a penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the hearth, until the book was burnt up altogether in the fire.

24 And no man was astonished, nor rent his clothes, neither the king, nor his servants, when all had heard these sayings.

25 And Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah, besought the king that he would not burn the book; but he hearkened not unto them.

26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hamelech, and Seraiah the son of Aziel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, that they should take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hid them.

27 And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the book, and the words which Baruch wrote out of the mouth of Jeremiah, saying:

28 Take thee another book, and write therein all the former words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burnt,

29 And say of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this book, saying, Why hast thou written therein, that the king of Babylon shall come and destroy this land, and make it desolate; that there shall be neither people nor cattle therein?

30 Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall not sit on the throne of David, one of his own; and his body shall lie thrown down in the heat of the day, and in the frost of the night.

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 them that are in Judah, all the evil that I have spoken unto them, and they will not obey.

32 Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah the scribe. And he wrote therein out of the mouth of Jeremiah all the words that were in the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned with fire: and upon them were many more words than those.