New King James Version

Hebrew Study Bible

1Now it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

1וַֽיְהִי֙ בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הָרְבִיעִ֔ת לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן־ יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הָיָ֞ה הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֶֽל־ יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ מֵאֵ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

2“Take a scroll of a book and write on it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah even to this day.

2קַח־ לְךָ֮ מְגִלַּת־ סֵפֶר֒ וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ אֵלֶ֗יהָ אֵ֣ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי אֵלֶ֛יךָ עַל־ יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל וְעַל־ יְהוּדָ֖ה וְעַל־ כָּל־ הַגּוֹיִ֑ם מִיּ֞וֹם דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי אֵלֶ֙יךָ֙ מִימֵ֣י יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּ וְעַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה׃

3It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the adversities which I purpose to bring upon them, that everyone may turn from his evil way, that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.”

3אוּלַ֤י יִשְׁמְעוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה אֵ֚ת כָּל־ הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י חֹשֵׁ֖ב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָהֶ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן יָשׁ֗וּבוּ אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֔ה וְסָלַחְתִּ֥י לַעֲוֺנָ֖ם וּלְחַטָּאתָֽם׃ ס

4Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.

4וַיִּקְרָ֣א יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת־ בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן־ נֵֽרִיָּ֑ה וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב בָּר֜וּךְ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ אֵ֣ת כָּל־ דִּבְרֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלָ֖יו עַל־ מְגִלַּת־ סֵֽפֶר׃

5And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, “I am confined, I cannot go into the house of the LORD.

5וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת־ בָּר֖וּךְ לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י עָצ֔וּר לֹ֣א אוּכַ֔ל לָב֖וֹא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה׃

6You go, therefore, and read from the scroll which you have written at my instruction, the words of the LORD, in the hearing of the people in the LORD’s house on the day of fasting. And you shall also read them in the hearing of all Judah who come from their cities.

6וּבָאתָ֣ אַתָּ֡ה וְקָרָ֣אתָ בַמְּגִלָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר־ כָּתַֽבְתָּ־ מִפִּי֩ אֶת־ דִּבְרֵ֨י יְהוָ֜ה בְּאָזְנֵ֥י הָעָ֛ם בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה בְּי֣וֹם צ֑וֹם וְגַ֨ם בְּאָזְנֵ֧י כָל־ יְהוּדָ֛ה הַבָּאִ֥ים מֵעָרֵיהֶ֖ם תִּקְרָאֵֽם׃

7It may be that they will present their supplication before the LORD, and everyone will turn from his evil way. For great is the anger and the fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people.”

7אוּלַ֞י תִּפֹּ֤ל תְּחִנָּתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֑ה כִּֽי־ גָד֤וֹל הָאַף֙ וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל־ הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה׃

8And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORD’s house.

8וַיַּ֗עַשׂ בָּרוּךְ֙ בֶּן־ נֵ֣רִיָּ֔ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר־ צִוָּ֖הוּ יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא לִקְרֹ֥א בַסֵּ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה׃ ס

9Now 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 the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

9וַיְהִ֣י בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַ֠חֲמִשִׁית לִיהוֹיָקִ֨ים בֶּן־ יֹאשִׁיָּ֤הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ־ יְהוּדָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִ֔י קָרְא֨וּ צ֜וֹם לִפְנֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה כָּל־ הָעָ֖ם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְכָל־ הָעָ֗ם הַבָּאִ֛ים מֵעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם׃

10Then Baruch read from 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 upper court at the entry of the New Gate of the LORD’s house, in the hearing of all the people.

10וַיִּקְרָ֨א בָר֥וּךְ בַּסֵּ֛פֶר אֶת־ דִּבְרֵ֥י יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת גְּמַרְיָהוּ֩ בֶן־ שָׁפָ֨ן הַסֹּפֵ֜ר בֶּחָצֵ֣ר הָעֶלְי֗וֹן פֶּ֣תַח שַׁ֤עַר בֵּית־ יְהוָה֙ הֶֽחָדָ֔שׁ בְּאָזְנֵ֖י כָּל־ הָעָֽם׃

11When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the book,

11וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗ע מִכָ֨יְהוּ בֶן־ גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ בֶן־ שָׁפָ֛ן אֶת־ כָּל־ דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הַסֵּֽפֶר׃

12he then went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and there all the princes were sitting—Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

12וַיֵּ֤רֶד בֵּית־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ עַל־ לִשְׁכַּ֣ת הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְהִ֨נֵּה־ שָׁ֔ם כָּל־ הַשָּׂרִ֖ים יֽוֹשְׁבִ֑ים אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַסֹּפֵ֡ר וּדְלָיָ֣הוּ בֶן־ שְׁ֠מַעְיָהוּ וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן בֶּן־ עַכְבּ֜וֹר וּגְמַרְיָ֧הוּ בֶן־ שָׁפָ֛ן וְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ בֶן־ חֲנַנְיָ֖הוּ וְכָל־ הַשָּׂרִֽים׃

13Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the hearing of the people.

13וַיַּגֵּ֤ד לָהֶם֙ מִכָ֔יְהוּ אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמֵ֑עַ בִּקְרֹ֥א בָר֛וּךְ בַּסֵּ֖פֶר בְּאָזְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם׃

14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll from which you have 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.

14וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ כָל־ הַשָּׂרִ֜ים אֶל־ בָּר֗וּךְ אֶת־ יְהוּדִ֡י בֶּן־ נְ֠תַנְיָהוּ בֶּן־ שֶׁלֶמְיָ֣הוּ בֶן־ כּוּשִׁי֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַמְּגִלָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָרָ֤אתָ בָּהּ֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם קָחֶ֥נָּה בְיָדְךָ֖ וָלֵ֑ךְ וַ֠יִּקַּח בָּר֨וּךְ בֶּן־ נֵרִיָּ֤הוּ אֶת־ הַמְּגִלָּה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֖א אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

15And they said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

15וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו שֵׁ֣ב נָ֔א וּקְרָאֶ֖נָּה בְּאָזְנֵ֑ינוּ וַיִּקְרָ֥א בָר֖וּךְ בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם׃

16Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, that they looked in fear from one to another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”

16וַיְהִ֗י כְּשָׁמְעָם֙ אֶת־ כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֔ים פָּחֲד֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל־ רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל־ בָּר֔וּךְ הַגֵּ֤יד נַגִּיד֙ לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

17And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words— at his instruction?”

17וְאֶ֨ת־ בָּר֔וּךְ שָׁאֲל֖וּ לֵאמֹ֑ר הַגֶּד־ נָ֣א לָ֔נוּ אֵ֗יךְ כָּתַ֛בְתָּ אֶת־ כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה מִפִּֽיו׃

18So Baruch answered them, “He proclaimed with his mouth all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”

18וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ בָּר֔וּךְ מִפִּיו֙ יִקְרָ֣א אֵלַ֔י אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַאֲנִ֛י כֹּתֵ֥ב עַל־ הַסֵּ֖פֶר בַּדְּיֽוֹ׃ פ

19Then the princes said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah; and let no one know where you are.”

19וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ הַשָּׂרִים֙ אֶל־ בָּר֔וּךְ לֵ֥ךְ הִסָּתֵ֖ר אַתָּ֣ה וְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּ וְאִ֥ישׁ אַל־ יֵדַ֖ע אֵיפֹ֥ה אַתֶּֽם׃

20And they went to the king, into the court; but they stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the hearing of the king.

20וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֶל־ הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ חָצֵ֔רָה וְאֶת־ הַמְּגִלָּ֣ה הִפְקִ֔דוּ בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖ת אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וַיַּגִּ֙ידוּ֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִֽים׃

21So the king sent Jehudi to bring the scroll, and he took it from Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and in the hearing of all the princes who stood beside the king.

21וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת־ יְהוּדִ֗י לָקַ֙חַת֙ אֶת־ הַמְּגִלָּ֔ה וַיִּ֨קָּחֶ֔הָ מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖ת אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וַיִּקְרָאֶ֤הָ יְהוּדִי֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּבְאָזְנֵי֙ כָּל־ הַשָּׂרִ֔ים הָעֹמְדִ֖ים מֵעַ֥ל הַמֶּֽלֶךְ׃

22Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the hearth before him.

22וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב֙ בֵּ֣ית הַחֹ֔רֶף בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑י וְאֶת־ הָאָ֖ח לְפָנָ֥יו מְבֹעָֽרֶת׃

23And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

23וַיְהִ֣י ׀ כִּקְר֣וֹא יְהוּדִ֗י שָׁלֹ֣שׁ דְּלָתוֹת֮ וְאַרְבָּעָה֒ יִֽקְרָעֶ֙הָ֙ בְּתַ֣עַר הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְהַשְׁלֵ֕ךְ אֶל־ הָאֵ֖שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶל־ הָאָ֑ח עַד־ תֹּם֙ כָּל־ הַמְּגִלָּ֔ה עַל־ הָאֵ֖שׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל־ הָאָֽח׃

24Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

24וְלֹ֣א פָחֲד֔וּ וְלֹ֥א קָרְע֖וּ אֶת־ בִּגְדֵיהֶ֑ם הַמֶּ֙לֶךְ֙ וְכָל־ עֲבָדָ֔יו הַשֹּׁ֣מְעִ֔ים אֵ֥ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה׃

25Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah implored the king not to burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.

25וְגַם֩ אֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ וּגְמַרְיָ֙הוּ֙ הִפְגִּ֣עוּ בַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְבִלְתִּ֥י שְׂרֹ֖ף אֶת־ הַמְּגִלָּ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם׃

26And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the LORD hid them.

26וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ אֶת־ יְרַחְמְאֵ֨ל בֶּן־ הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְאֶת־ שְׂרָיָ֣הוּ בֶן־ עַזְרִיאֵ֗ל וְאֶת־ שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֙הוּ֙ בֶּֽן־ עַבְדְּאֵ֔ל לָקַ֙חַת֙ אֶת־ בָּר֣וּךְ הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְאֵ֖ת יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא וַיַּסְתִּרֵ֖ם יְהוָֽה׃ ס

27Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words which Baruch had written at the instruction of Jeremiah, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, saying:

27וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר־ יְהוָ֖ה אֶֽל־ יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ אַחֲרֵ֣י ׀ שְׂרֹ֣ף הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֶת־ הַמְּגִלָּה֙ וְאֶת־ הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּתַ֥ב בָּר֛וּךְ מִפִּ֥י יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר׃

28“Take yet another scroll, and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.

28שׁ֥וּב קַח־ לְךָ֖ מְגִלָּ֣ה אַחֶ֑רֶת וּכְתֹ֣ב עָלֶ֗יהָ אֵ֤ת כָּל־ הַדְּבָרִים֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֗וּ עַל־ הַמְּגִלָּה֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂרַ֖ף יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים מֶֽלֶךְ־ יְהוּדָֽה׃

29And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘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 cause man and beast to cease from here?’ ”

29וְעַל־ יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים מֶֽלֶךְ־ יְהוּדָה֙ תֹּאמַ֔ר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אַ֠תָּה שָׂרַ֜פְתָּ אֶת־ הַמְּגִלָּ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַדּוּעַ֩ כָּתַ֨בְתָּ עָלֶ֜יהָ לֵאמֹ֗ר בֹּֽא־ יָב֤וֹא מֶֽלֶךְ־ בָּבֶל֙ וְהִשְׁחִית֙ אֶת־ הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וְהִשְׁבִּ֥ית מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה׃ ס

30Therefore thus says the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: “He shall have no one to sit on the throne of David, and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat of the day and the frost of the night.

30לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה־ אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַל־ יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה לֹא־ יִֽהְיֶה־ לּ֥וֹ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב עַל־ כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֑ד וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶת לַחֹ֥רֶב בַּיּ֖וֹם וְלַקֶּ֥רַח בַּלָּֽיְלָה׃

31I will punish him, his family, and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring on them, on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah all the doom that I have pronounced against them; but they did not heed.” ’ ”

31וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י עָלָ֧יו וְעַל־ זַרְע֛וֹ וְעַל־ עֲבָדָ֖יו אֶת־ עֲוֺנָ֑ם וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י עֲ֠לֵיהֶם וְעַל־ יֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם וְאֶל־ אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֵ֧ת כָּל־ הָרָעָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר־ דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א שָׁמֵֽעוּ׃ ס

32Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the instruction of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And besides, there were added to them many similar words.

32וְיִרְמְיָ֜הוּ לָקַ֣ח ׀ מְגִלָּ֣ה אַחֶ֗רֶת וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮ אֶל־ בָּר֣וּךְ בֶּן־ נֵרִיָּהוּ֮ הַסֹּפֵר֒ וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב עָלֶ֙יהָ֙ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֵ֚ת כָּל־ דִּבְרֵ֣י הַסֵּ֔פֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂרַ֛ף יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים מֶֽלֶךְ־ יְהוּדָ֖ה בָּאֵ֑שׁ וְע֨וֹד נוֹסַ֧ף עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם דְּבָרִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים כָּהֵֽמָּה׃ ס

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