Jeremiah 36:1-26

Jeremiah 36:1-26

[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  and will return  every one  from his evil  way:  for great  is the anger  and the fury  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  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,  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  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,  hide  thee, thou and Jeremiah;  and let no man  know  where  [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  [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  [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.