Takethee a roll of a book, and writetherein all the wordsthat I havespokenuntotheeagainstIsrael, and againstJudah, and against all the nations, from the day I spakeuntothee, from the days of Josiah, evenuntothis day.
It may be that the house of Judahwillhear all the evilwhich I purpose to do untothem; thatthey may returnevery man from his evil way; that I may forgivetheiriniquity and their sin.
ThenJeremiahcalledBaruch the son of Neriah: and Baruchwrotefrom the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spokenunto him, upon a roll of a book.
Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, whichthouhastwrittenfrom my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD’Shouseupon the fasting day: and alsothoushaltreadthem in the ears of all Judahthatcome out of theircities.
It may be theywillpresenttheirsupplicationbefore the LORD, and willreturnevery one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the furythat the LORDhathpronouncedagainstthispeople.
And it came to pass in the fifthyear of Jehoiakim the son of Josiahking of Judah, in the ninthmonth, thattheyproclaimed a fastbefore the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the peoplethatcamefrom the cities of JudahuntoJerusalem.
ThenreadBaruch 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 highercourt, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD’Shouse, in the ears of all the people.
Then he wentdowninto the king’shouse, into the scribe’schamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, evenElishama 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.
Therefore all the princessentJehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, untoBaruch, saying, Take in thinehand the rollwhereinthouhastread in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriahtook the roll in his hand, and cameuntothem.
Now it came to pass, whenthey had heard all the words, theywereafraidboth one and other, and saiduntoBaruch, We willsurelytell the king of all thesewords.
And theywent in to the kinginto the court, but theylaid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
So the kingsentJehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe’schamber. And Jehudiread it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princeswhichstoodbeside the king.
And it came to pass, thatwhenJehudi had readthree or fourleaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the firethat was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the firethat was on the hearth.
But the kingcommandedJerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to takeBaruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
And thoushalt say to Jehoiakimking of Judah, Thussaith the LORD; Thouhastburnedthisroll, saying, Why hastthouwrittentherein, saying, The king of Babylonshallcertainlycome and destroythisland, and shallcause to ceasefromthence man and beast?
Thereforethussaith the LORD of Jehoiakimking of Judah; He shallhavenone to sit upon the throne of David: and his deadbodyshall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
And I willpunish him and his seed and his servants for theiriniquity; and I willbringuponthem, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evilthat I havepronouncedagainstthem; but theyhearkened not.
ThentookJeremiahanotherroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrotethereinfrom the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the bookwhichJehoiakimking of Judah had burned in the fire: and therewereaddedbesidesuntothemmanylikewords.