Book 13 : NEVIIM - JEREMIAH - Chapter 036
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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 HaShem, 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 spoke unto thee, from the days of
Josiah, 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, and I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
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Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch
wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of HaShem, which He had spoken
unto him, upon a roll of a book
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And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: 'I am detained, I
cannot go into the house of HaShem
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therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast
written from my mouth, the words of HaShem in the ears of the people in HaShem'S
house upon a fast-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
HaShem, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and
the fury that HaShem hath pronounced against this people.
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And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that
Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of HaShem in
HaShem'S house
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Now 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
HaShem, all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the
cities of Judah unto Jerusalem
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Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in
the house of HaShem, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe,
in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of HaShem'S house, in the ears
of all the people
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And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan,
had heard out of the book all the words of HaShem
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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
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Then Micaiah 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 Jehudi the son of Nethaniah,
the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying: 'Take in thy 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
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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 turned in fear one toward another, 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 are.
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And they went in to the king into the court; but they had
deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the
words in the ears of the king
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So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it
out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the
king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king
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Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth
month; and the brazier was burning before him
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And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four
columns, that he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in
the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the
brazier
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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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Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated
the king not to burn the roll; but he would not hear them
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And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son, and
Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the
scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but HaShem hid them
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Then the word of HaShem 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 Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath
burned
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And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say:
Thus saith HaShem: 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 HaShem concerning 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
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And I will visit upon him and his seed and his servants
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 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
Book 13 : NEVIIM - JEREMIAH - Chapter 036
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