36 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. .
