Jeremiah 36
The Burning of the
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And it came to pass in the fourth year of
Jehoi'akim 2 Kgs. 24.1 · 2 Chr. 36.5-7 · Dan. 1.1, 2 the son
of Josi'ah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah
from the LORD, saying,
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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 Josi'ah, even unto this day.
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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.
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Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of
Neri'ah: 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.
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And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
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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.
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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.
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And Baruch the son of Neri'ah did
according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in
the book the words of the LORD in the LORD's house.
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And it came to pass in the fifth year
of Jehoi'akim the son of Josi'ah 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.
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Then read Baruch in the book the words of
Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the
chamber of Gemari'ah 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.
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When Michai'ah the son of Gemari'ah,
the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the
LORD,
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then he went down into the king's house,
into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even Elish'ama the scribe, and Delai'ah the son of Shemai'ah,
and Elna'than the son of Achbor, and Gemari'ah the son of Shaphan,
and Zedeki'ah the son of Hanani'ah, and all the princes.
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Then Michai'ah declared unto them all the
words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of
the people.
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Therefore all the princes sent Jehu'di
the son of Nethani'ah, the son of Shelemi'ah, 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 Neri'ah
took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
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And they said unto him, Sit down now, and
read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their
ears.
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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.
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And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us
now, how didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
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Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced
all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with
ink in the book.
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Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go,
hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye
be.
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And they went in to the king into the
court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elish'ama the
scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
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So the king sent Jehu'di to fetch the
roll; and he took it out of Elish'ama the scribe's chamber. And
Jehu'di read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the
princes which stood beside the king.
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Now the king sat in the winter house in
the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning
before him.
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And it came to pass, that when
Jehu'di 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.
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Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their
garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that
heard all these words.
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Nevertheless Elna'than and Delai'ah and
Gemari'ah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn
the roll; but he would not hear them.
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But the king commanded Jerah'meel the son
of Ham'melech, and Serai'ah the son of Az'ri-el, and Shelemi'ah the
son of Ab'deel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet:
but the LORD hid them.
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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,
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Take thee again another roll, and write
in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which
Jehoi'akim the king of Judah hath burned.
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And thou shalt say to Jehoi'akim 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?
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoi'akim 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.
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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.
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Then took Jeremiah another roll, and
gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neri'ah; who wrote therein
from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which
Jehoi'akim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were
added besides unto them many like words.
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