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| 1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: | 1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD: |
| 2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel and Judah and all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah until today. | 2"Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now. |
| 3It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the disaster that I intend to do to them, so that every one may turn from his evil way, and that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.” | 3Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin." |
| 4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD that he had spoken to him. | 4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the LORD had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll. |
| 5And Jeremiah ordered Baruch, saying, “I am banned from going to the house of the LORD, | 5Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the LORD's temple. |
| 6so you are to go, and on a day of fasting in the hearing of all the people in the LORD’s house you shall read the words of the LORD from the scroll that you have written at my dictation. You shall read them also in the hearing of all the men of Judah who come out of their cities. | 6So you go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll the words of the LORD that you wrote as I dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns. |
| 7It may be that their plea for mercy will come before the LORD, and that every one will turn from his evil way, for great is the anger and wrath that the LORD has pronounced against this people.” | 7Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD and will each turn from their wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against this people by the LORD are great." |
| 8And Baruch the son of Neriah did all that Jeremiah the prophet ordered him about reading from the scroll the words of the LORD in the LORD’s house. | 8Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the LORD's temple he read the words of the LORD from the scroll. |
| 9In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the LORD. | 9In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the LORD was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah. |
| 10Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the LORD, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD’s house. | 10From the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the LORD's temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll. |
| 11When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll, | 11When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll, |
| 12he went down to the king’s house, into the secretary’s chamber, and all the officials were sitting there: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials. | 12he went down to the secretary's room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. |
| 13And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people. | 13After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll, |
| 14Then all the officials sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Take in your hand the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them. | 14all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, "Bring the scroll from which you have read to the people and come." So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand. |
| 15And they said to him, “Sit down and read it.” So Baruch read it to them. | 15They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them. |
| 16When they heard all the words, they turned one to another in fear. And they said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” | 16When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king." |
| 17Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, please, how did you write all these words? Was it at his dictation?” | 17Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?" |
| 18Baruch answered them, “He dictated all these words to me, while I wrote them with ink on the scroll.” | 18"Yes," Baruch replied, "he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll." |
| 19Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no one know where you are.” | 19Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are." |
| 20So they went into the court to the king, having put the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and they reported all the words to the king. | 20After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him. |
| 21Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary. And Jehudi read it to the king and all the officials who stood beside the king. | 21The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king and all the officials standing beside him. |
| 22It was the ninth month, and the king was sitting in the winter house, and there was a fire burning in the fire pot before him. | 22It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him. |
| 23As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a knife and throw them into the fire in the fire pot, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the fire pot. | 23Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe's knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire. |
| 24Yet neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid, nor did they tear their garments. | 24The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear, nor did they tear their clothes. |
| 25Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. | 25Even though Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. |
| 26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah the son of Azriel and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them. | 26Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them. |
| 27Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: | 27After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah's dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah: |
| 28“Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. | 28"Take another scroll and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up. |
| 29And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says the LORD, You have burned this scroll, saying, “Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it man and beast?” | 29Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: You burned that scroll and said, "Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it both man and beast?" |
| 30Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night. | 30Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night. |
| 31And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the people of Judah all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they would not hear.’” | 31I will punish him and his children and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.'" |
| 32Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them. | 32So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them. |
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