| 1. And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying: |
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| 2. Take for yourself a roll of a book and write upon it all the words that I have spoken to you concerning Israel, concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, since the day that I spoke to you from the days of Josiah until this day. |
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| 3. Perhaps the house of Judah will hear all the evil that I plan to do to them, in order that they should repent, each man of his evil way, and I will forgive their iniquity and their sin. |
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| 4. And Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote from Jeremiah's mouth all the words of the Lord that He had spoken to him, on a roll of a book. |
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| 5. And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: I am imprisoned; I cannot enter the House of the Lord. |
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| 6. And you shall come and read in the roll that you have written from my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the ears of the people in the House of the Lord on a fastday, and also in the ears of all of Judah who come from their cities, you shall read them. |
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| 7. Perhaps their supplication shall fall before the Lord, and they shall repent, each man of his evil way, for great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord spoke concerning this people. |
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| 8. And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet had commanded him, to read in the book the words of the Lord in the House of the Lord. |
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| 9. And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah the king of Judah in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people coming from the cities of Judah [who were] in Jerusalem. |
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| 10. And Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the House of Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entrance of the new gate of the House of the Lord, in the ears of all the people. |
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| 11. And Micaiah the son of Gemariah the son of Shaphan heard all the words of the Lord from upon the book. |
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יא. |
| 12. And he went down to the house of the king to the chamber of the scribe, and behold there all the officers were sitting; 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 officers. |
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| 13. And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. |
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יג. |
| 14. And all the officers sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah the son of Shelemiah the son of Cushi to Baruch, saying, "The roll that you read in the ears of the people-take it in your hand and go," and Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand and came to them. |
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| 15. And they said to him, "Sit down now and read it in our ears," and Baruch read in their ears. |
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| 16. And it came to pass when they heard all the words, they feared each man his friend, and they said to Baruch, "We will surely tell the king these words." |
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| 17. And they asked Baruch, saying, "Tell us now how you wrote all these words from his mouth." |
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| 18. And Baruch said to them, "From his mouth he would pronounce all these words to me, and I would write in the book with ink." |
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יח. |
| 19. And the officers said to Baruch, "Go hide, you and Jeremiah, and let no man know where you are." |
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יט. |
| 20. And they came to the king, to the court, and the roll they deposited in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they told in the king's ears all the words. |
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| 21. And the king sent Jehudi to take the roll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi read it in the king's ears and in the ears of all the officers standing over the king. |
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כא. |
| 22. Now the king was sitting in the winter- house in the ninth month, and the brazier was burning before him. |
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| 23. And it came to pass, when Jehudi read three or four verses, he rent it with a scribe's razor, and cast [it] onto the fire which was on the brazier until the entire roll was consumed on the fire that was on the brazier. |
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| 24. And the king and all his servants who heard all these words were neither frightened nor did they rend their garments. |
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| 25. And also Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll, but he heeded them not. |
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כה. |
| 26. And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king's son and Seraiah the son of Azriel and Shelemiah the son of Abdiel to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord concealed them. |
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כו. |
| 27. And the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah after the king had burnt the roll and the words that Baruch had written from Jeremiah's mouth, saying: |
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| 28. Take for yourself again another roll and write upon it all the original words that were on the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah, burned. |
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| 29. And concerning Jehoiakim the king of Judah you shall say, So said the Lord: You have burnt this roll, saying: Why have you written upon it, saying, "The king of Babylon shall surely come and destroy this land and cause man and beast to cease from it"? |
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| 30. Therefore, so said the Lord concerning Jehoiakim the king of Judah; He shall have no one sitting on the throne of David, and his corpse shall be cast to the heat by day and to the frost at night. |
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| 31. And I will visit upon him and upon his seed and upon his servants [the punishment 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 spoke to them and [which] they did not heed. |
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| 32. And Jeremiah took another roll and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah the scribe, and he wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim the king of Judah burnt with fire, and there were yet added to them many words like those. |
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