36:1 IN THE FOURTH YEAR OF JOAKIM son of
Josias king of Juda, the word of the Lord came to me, saying,
36:2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write upon it all the words which I
spoke to thee against Jerusalem, and against Juda, and against all the
nations, from the day when I spoke to thee, from the days of Josias king of
Juda, even to this day.
36:3 Perhaps the house of Juda will hear all the evils which I purpose to do
to them; that they may turn from their evil way; and [so] I will be merciful
to their iniquities and their sins.
36:4 So Jeremias called Baruch the son of Nerias: and he wrote from the
mouth of Jeremias all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken to him, on
a roll of a book.
36:5 And Jeremias commanded Baruch, saying, I am in prison; I cannot enter
into the house of the Lord:
36:6 so thou shalt read in this roll in the ears of the people in the house
of the Lord, on the fast day; and in the ears of all Juda that come out of
their cities, thou shalt read to them.
36:7 Peradventure their supplication will come before the Lord, and they
will turn from their evil way: for great is the wrath and the anger of the
Lord, which he has pronounced against this people.
36:8 And Baruch did according to all that Jeremias commanded him-- reading
in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.
36:9 And it came to pass in the eighth year of king Joakim, in the ninth
month, all the people in Jerusalem, and the house of Juda, proclaimed a fast
before the Lord.
36:10 And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremias in the house of the
Lord, in the house of Gamarias son of Saphan the scribe, in the upper court,
in the entrance of the new gate of the house of the Lord, and in the ears of
all the people.
36:11 And Michaeas the son of Gamarias the son of Saphan heard all the words
of the Lord, out of the book.
36:12 And he went down to the king's house, into the house of the scribe:
and, behold, there were sitting there all the princes, Elisama the scribe,
and Dalaeas the son of Selemias, and Jonathan the son of Acchobor, and
Gamarias the son of Saphan, and Sedekias the son of Ananias, and all the
princes.
36:13 And Michaeas reported to them all the words which he had heard Baruch
reading in the ears of the people.
36:14 And all the princes sent to Baruch son of Nerias Judin the son of
Nathanias, the son of Selemias, the son of Chusi, saying, Take in thine hand
the roll in which thou readest in the ears of the people, and come. So
Baruch took the roll, and went down to them.
36:15 And they said to him, Read [it] again in our ears. And Baruch read
[it].
36:16 And it came to pass, when they [had] heard all the words, [that] they
took counsel each with his neighbour, and said, Let us by all means tell the
king all these words.
36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Where didst thou write all these words?
36:18 And Baruch said, Jeremias told me from his [own] mouth all these
words, and I wrote them in a book.
36:19 And they said to Baruch, Go, and hide, thou and Jeremias; let no man
know where ye [are].
36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, and ave the roll [to one]
to keep in the house of Elisama; and they told the king all these words.
36:21 And the king sent Judin to fetch the roll: and he took it out of the
house of Elisama: and Judin read in the ears of the king, and in the ears of
all the princes who stood round the king.
36:22 Now the king was sitting in the winter house: and [there was] a fire
on the hearth before him.
36:23 And it came to pass when Judin had read three or four leaves, he cut
them off with a penknife, and cast [them] into the fire that was on the
hearth, until the whole roll was consumed in the fire that was on the
hearth.
36:24 And the king and his servants that heard all these words sought not
[the Lord], and rent not their garments.
36:25 But Elnathan and Godolias suggested to the king that he should burn
the roll.
36:26 And the king commanded Jeremeel the king's son, and Saraeas the son of
Esriel, to take Baruch and Jeremias: but they were hidden.
36:27 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremias, after the king had burnt
the roll, [even] all the words which Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremias,
saying,
36:28 Again take thou another roll, and write all the words that were on the
roll, which king Joakim has burnt.
36:29 And thou shalt say, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burnt this roll,
saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall
certainly come in, and destroy this land, and man and cattle shall fail from
off it?
36:30 Therefore thus saith the Lord concerning Joakim king of Juda; He shall
not have [a man] to sit on the throne of David: and his carcass shall be
cast forth in the heat by day, and in the frost by night.
36:31 And I will visit him, and his family, and his servants: and I will
bring upon him, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the land of
Juda, all the evils which I spoke of to them; and they hearkened not.
36:32 And Baruch took another roll, and wrote upon it from the mouth of
Jeremias all the words of the book which Joakim had burnt: and there were
yet more words added to it like the former. |
36:1 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 the LORD, saying,
36:2 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 spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto
this day.
36:3 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;
that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
36:4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from
the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD, which he had spoken unto
him, upon a roll of a book.
36:5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into
the house of the LORD:
36:6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from
my mouth, the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD's
house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all
Judah that come out of their cities.
36:7 It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and
will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury
that the LORD hath pronounced against this people.
36:8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the
prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the LORD in the
LORD's house.
36:9 And 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 that came from
the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
36:10 Then read Baruch 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
higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD's house, in the ears
of all the people.
36:11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out
of the book all the words of the LORD,
36:12 Then 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.
36:13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when
Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
36:14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of
Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine 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.
36:15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So
Baruch read it in their ears.
36:16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were
afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the
king of all these words.
36:17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all
these words at his mouth?
36:18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with
his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
36:19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah;
and let no man know where ye be.
36:20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll
in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of
the king.
36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of
Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king,
and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
36:22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was
a fire on the hearth burning before him.
36:23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves,
he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the
hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
36:24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king,
nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
36:25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession
to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
36:26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the
son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe
and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORD hid them.
36:27 Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah, after that the king had
burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,
saying,
36:28 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.
36:29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD;
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?
36:30 Therefore thus saith the LORD of 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.
36:31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for 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.
36:32 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. |