1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of…
2“Take a scroll and write on it all…
3Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about…
4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and…
5Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I…
6so you are to go to the house…
7Perhaps they will bring their petition before the…
8So Baruch son of Neriah did everything that…
9Now in the ninth month of the fifth…
10From the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan…
11When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of…
12he went down to the scribe’s chamber in…
13And Micaiah reported to them all the words…
14Then all the officials sent word to Baruch…
15“Please sit down,” they said, “and read it…
16When they had heard all these words, they…
17“Tell us now,” they asked Baruch, “how did…
18“It was at his dictation,” Baruch replied. “He…
19Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and…
20So the officials went to the king in…
21Then the king sent Jehudi to get the…
22Since it was the ninth month, the king…
23And as soon as Jehudi had read three…
24Yet in hearing all these words, the king…
25Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the…
26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of…
27After the king had burned the scroll containing…
28“Take another scroll and rewrite on it the…
29You are to proclaim concerning Jehoiakim king of…
30Therefore this is what the LORD says about…
31I will punish him and his descendants and…
32Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it…
