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1. The message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. This was during the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah. This was the message from the Lord:
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1. And it came to pass H1961 in the fourth H7243 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , that this H2088 word H1697 came H1961 unto H413 Jeremiah H3414 from H4480 H854 the LORD H3068 , saying H559 ,
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2. "Jeremiah, get a scroll and write on it all the messages I have spoken to you. I have spoken to you about the nations of Israel and Judah and all the other nations. Write all the words that I have spoken to you from the time that Josiah was king, until now.
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2. Take H3947 thee a roll H4039 of a book H5612 , and write H3789 therein H413 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 I have spoken H1696 unto H413 thee against H5921 Israel H3478 , and against H5921 Judah H3063 , and against H5921 all H3605 the nations H1471 , from the day H4480 H3117 I spoke H1696 unto H413 thee , from the days H4480 H3117 of Josiah H2977 , even unto H5704 this H2088 day H3117 .
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3. Maybe the people of Judah will hear what I am planning to do to them and will stop doing bad things. If they will do that, I will forgive them for the bad sins they have committed."
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3. It may be that H194 the house H1004 of Judah H3063 will hear H8085 H853 all H3605 the evil H7451 which H834 I H595 purpose H2803 to do H6213 unto them; that H4616 they may return H7725 every man H376 from his evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 ; that I may forgive H5545 their iniquity H5771 and their sin H2403 .
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4. So Jeremiah called a man named Baruch son of Neriah. Jeremiah spoke the messages the Lord had given him. While he spoke, Baruch wrote the messages on the scroll.
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4. Then Jeremiah H3414 called H7121 H853 Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374 : and Baruch H1263 wrote H3789 from the mouth H4480 H6310 of Jeremiah H3414 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 , which H834 he had spoken H1696 unto H413 him, upon H5921 a roll H4039 of a book H5612 .
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5. Then Jeremiah said to Baruch, "I cannot go to the Lord's Temple. I am not allowed to go there.
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5. And Jeremiah H3414 commanded H6680 H853 Baruch H1263 , saying H559 , I H589 am shut up H6113 ; I cannot H3201 H3808 go H935 into the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 :
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6. So I want you to go to the Temple of the Lord. Go there on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll. Read to the people the messages from the Lord that you wrote on the scroll as I spoke them to you. Read them to all the people of Judah who come into Jerusalem from the towns where they live.
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6. Therefore go H935 thou H859 , and read H7121 in the roll H4039 , which H834 thou hast written H3789 from my mouth H4480 H6310 , H853 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 in the LORD H3068 's house H1004 upon the fasting H6685 day H3117 : and also H1571 thou shalt read H7121 them in the ears H241 of all H3605 Judah H3063 that come H935 out of their cities H4480 H5892 .
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7. Perhaps they will ask the Lord to help them. Perhaps each person will stop doing bad things. The Lord has announced that he is very angry with them."
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7. It may be H194 they will present H5307 their supplication H8467 before H6440 the LORD H3068 , and will return H7725 every one H376 from his evil H7451 way H4480 H1870 : for H3588 great H1419 is the anger H639 and the fury H2534 that H834 the LORD H3068 hath pronounced H1696 against H413 this H2088 people H5971 .
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8. So Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do. Baruch read aloud the scroll that had the Lord's messages written on it. He read it in the Lord's Temple.
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8. And Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374 did H6213 according to all H3605 that H834 Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 commanded H6680 him, reading H7121 in the book H5612 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 in the LORD H3068 's house H1004 .
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9. In the ninth month of the fifth year that Jehoiakim was king, a fast was announced. All those who lived in the city of Jerusalem and everyone who had come into Jerusalem from the towns of Judah were supposed to fast before the Lord.
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9. And it came to pass H1961 in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , in the ninth H8671 month H2320 , that they proclaimed H7121 a fast H6685 before H6440 the LORD H3068 to all H3605 the people H5971 in Jerusalem H3389 , and to all H3605 the people H5971 that came H935 from the cities H4480 H5892 of Judah H3063 unto Jerusalem H3389 .
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10. At that time Baruch read the scroll that contained Jeremiah's words. He read the scroll in the Temple of the Lord to all the people who were there. Baruch was in the room of Gemariah in the upper courtyard when he read from the scroll. That room was located at the entrance of the New Gate of the Temple. Gemariah was the son of Shaphan. Gemariah was a scribe in the Temple.
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10. Then read H7121 Baruch H1263 in the book H5612 H853 the words H1697 of Jeremiah H3414 in the house H1004 of the LORD H3068 , in the chamber H3957 of Gemariah H1587 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 the scribe H5608 , in the higher H5945 court H2691 , at the entry H6607 of the new H2319 gate H8179 of the LORD H3068 's house H1004 , in the ears H241 of all H3605 the people H5971 .
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11. A man named Micaiah heard all the messages from the Lord that Baruch read from the scroll. Micaiah was the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan.
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11. When Michaiah H4321 the son H1121 of Gemariah H1587 , the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 , had heard H8085 out of H4480 H5921 the book H5612 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of the LORD H3068 ,
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12. When Micaiah heard the messages from the scroll, he went down to the secretary's room in the king's palace. All the royal officials were sitting there in the king's palace. These are the names of the officials: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah; all the other royal officials were there too.
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12. Then he went down H3381 into H5921 the king H4428 's house H1004 , into H5921 the scribe H5608 's chamber H3957 : and, lo H2009 , all H3605 the princes H8269 sat H3427 there H8033 , even Elishama H476 the scribe H5608 , and Delaiah H1806 the son H1121 of Shemaiah H8098 , and Elnathan H494 the son H1121 of Achbor H5907 , and Gemariah H1587 the son H1121 of Shaphan H8227 , and Zedekiah H6667 the son H1121 of Hananiah H2608 , and all H3605 the princes H8269 .
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13. Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read from the scroll.
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13. Then Michaiah H4321 declared H5046 unto them H853 all H3605 the words H1697 that H834 he had heard H8085 , when Baruch H1263 read H7121 the book H5612 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 .
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14. Then all the officials sent a man named Jehudi to Baruch. (Jehudi was the son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah. Shelemiah was the son of Cushi.) Jehudi said to Baruch, "Bring the scroll that you read from and come with me." Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went with Jehudi to the officials.
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14. Therefore all H3605 the princes H8269 sent H7971 H853 Jehudi H3065 the son H1121 of Nethaniah H5418 , the son H1121 of Shelemiah H8018 , the son H1121 of Cushi H3570 , unto H413 Baruch H1263 , saying H559 , Take H3947 in thine hand H3027 the roll H4039 wherein H834 thou hast read H7121 in the ears H241 of the people H5971 , and come H1980 . So Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374 took H3947 H853 the roll H4039 in his hand H3027 , and came H935 unto H413 them.
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15. Then the officials said to Baruch, "Sit down and read the scroll to us." So Baruch read the scroll to them.
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15. And they said H559 unto H413 him , Sit down H3427 now H4994 , and read H7121 it in our ears H241 . So Baruch H1263 read H7121 it in their ears H241 .
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16. When the royal officials heard all the messages from the scroll, they were afraid and looked at one another. They said to Baruch, "We must tell King Jehoiakim about these messages on the scroll."
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16. Now it came to pass H1961 , when they had heard H8085 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 , they were afraid H6342 both H413 one H376 and other H7453 , and said H559 unto H413 Baruch H1263 , We will surely tell H5046 H5046 the king H4428 of H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 .
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17. Then the officials asked Baruch, "Tell us, Baruch, where did you get these messages that you wrote on the scroll? Did you write down what Jeremiah said to you?"
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17. And they asked H7592 Baruch H1263 , saying H559 , Tell H5046 us now H4994 , How H349 didst thou write H3789 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 at his mouth H4480 H6310 ?
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18. "Yes," Baruch answered. "Jeremiah spoke, and I wrote down all the messages with ink on this scroll."
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18. Then Baruch H1263 answered H559 them , He pronounced H7121 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 unto H413 me with his mouth H4480 H6310 , and I H589 wrote H3789 them with ink H1773 in H5921 the book H5612 .
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19. Then the royal officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah must go and hide. Don't tell anyone where you are hiding."
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19. Then said H559 the princes H8269 unto H413 Baruch H1263 , Go H1980 , hide H5641 thee, thou H859 and Jeremiah H3414 ; and let no H408 man H376 know H3045 where H375 ye be.
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20. Then the royal officials put the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe. They went to King Jehoiakim and told him all about the scroll.
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20. And they went in H935 to H413 the king H4428 into the court H2691 , but they laid up H6485 the roll H4039 in the chamber H3957 of Elishama H476 the scribe H5608 , and told H5046 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 in the ears H241 of the king H4428 .
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21. So King Jehoiakim sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought the scroll from the room of Elishama the scribe. Then Jehudi read the scroll to the king and all the servants who stood around the king.
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21. So the king H4428 sent H7971 H853 Jehudi H3065 to fetch H3947 H853 the roll H4039 : and he took H3947 it out of Elishama H476 the scribe H5608 's chamber H4480 H3957 . And Jehudi H3065 read H7121 it in the ears H241 of the king H4428 , and in the ears H241 of all H3605 the princes H8269 which stood H5975 beside H4480 H5921 the king H4428 .
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22. The time this happened was in the ninth month, so King Jehoiakim was sitting in the part of the palace used for winter. There was a fire burning in a small fireplace in front of the king.
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22. Now the king H4428 sat H3427 in the winterhouse H1004 H2779 in the ninth H8671 month H2320 : and there was a fire on the hearth H254 burning H1197 before H6440 him.
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23. Jehudi began to read from the scroll. But after he would read two or three columns, King Jehoiakim would grab the scroll. Then he would cut those columns off the scroll with a small knife and throw them into the fireplace. Finally, the whole scroll was burned in the fire.
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23. And it came to pass H1961 , that when Jehudi H3065 had read H7121 three H7969 or four H702 leaves H1817 , he cut H7167 it with the penknife H8593 H5608 , and cast H7993 it into H413 the fire H784 that H834 was on H413 the hearth H254 , until H5704 all H3605 the roll H4039 was consumed H8552 in H5921 the fire H784 that H834 was on H5921 the hearth H254 .
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24. And, when King Jehoiakim and his servants heard the message from the scroll, they were not afraid. They did not tear their clothes to show sorrow for doing wrong.
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24. Yet they were not H3808 afraid H6342 , nor H3808 rent H7167 H853 their garments H899 , neither the king H4428 , nor any H3605 of his servants H5650 that heard H8085 H853 all H3605 these H428 words H1697 .
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25. Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah tried to talk King Jehoiakim out of burning the scroll, but he would not listen to them.
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25. Nevertheless H1571 Elnathan H494 and Delaiah H1806 and Gemariah H1587 had made intercession H6293 to the king H4428 that he would not H1115 burn H8313 H853 the roll H4039 : but he would not H3808 hear H8085 H413 them.
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26. Instead King Jehoiakim commanded some men to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. These men were Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel. But they could not find Baruch and Jeremiah, because the Lord had hidden them.
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26. But the king H4428 commanded H6680 H853 Jerahmeel H3396 the son H1121 of Hammelech H4429 , and Seraiah H8304 the son H1121 of Azriel H5837 , and Shelemiah H8018 the son H1121 of Abdeel H5655 , to take H3947 H853 Baruch H1263 the scribe H5608 and Jeremiah H3414 the prophet H5030 : but the LORD H3068 hid H5641 them.
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27. The message from the Lord came to Jeremiah. This happened after King Jehoiakim burned the scroll that had contained all the messages from the Lord. Jeremiah had spoken to Baruch, and Baruch had written them on the scroll. This was the message from the Lord that came to Jeremiah:
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27. Then the word H1697 of the LORD H3068 came H1961 to H413 Jeremiah H3414 , after that H310 the king H4428 had burned H8313 H853 the roll H4039 , and the words H1697 which H834 Baruch H1263 wrote H3789 at the mouth H4480 H6310 of Jeremiah H3414 , saying H559 ,
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28. "Get another scroll. Write all the messages on it that were on the first scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.
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28. Take H3947 thee again H7725 another H312 roll H4039 , and write H3789 in H5921 it H853 all H3605 the former H7223 words H1697 that H834 were H1961 in H5921 the first H7223 roll H4039 , which H834 Jehoiakim H3079 the king H4428 of Judah H3063 hath burned H8313 .
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29. Also tell King Jehoiakim of Judah that this is what the Lord says: 'Jehoiakim, you burned that scroll. You said, "Why did Jeremiah write that the king of Babylon will surely come and destroy this land and kill all the people and animals in it?"
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29. And thou shalt say H559 to H5921 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 , Thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 ; Thou H859 hast burned H8313 H853 this H2063 roll H4039 , saying H559 , Why H4069 hast thou written H3789 therein H5921 , saying H559 , The king H4428 of Babylon H894 shall certainly come H935 H935 and destroy H7843 H853 this H2063 land H776 , and shall cause to cease H7673 from H4480 thence man H120 and beast H929 ?
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30. So this is what the Lord says about King Jehoiakim of Judah: Jehoiakim's descendants will not sit on David's throne. When Jehoiakim dies, he will not get a king's funeral, but his body will be thrown out on the ground. His body will be left out in the heat of the day and the cold frost of the night.
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30. Therefore H3651 thus H3541 saith H559 the LORD H3068 of H5921 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 ; He shall have H1961 none H3808 to sit H3427 upon H5921 the throne H3678 of David H1732 : and his dead body H5038 shall be H1961 cast out H7993 in the day H3117 to the heat H2721 , and in the night H3915 to the frost H7140 .
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31. I, the Lord, will punish Jehoiakim and his children, and I will punish his officials. I will do this because they are wicked. I have promised to bring terrible disasters on them and on all those who live in Jerusalem and on the people from Judah. I will bring all the bad things on them, just as I promised, because they have not listened to me.'"
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31. And I will punish H6485 H5921 him and his seed H2233 and his servants H5650 for H853 their iniquity H5771 ; and I will bring H935 upon H5921 them , and upon H5921 the inhabitants H3427 of Jerusalem H3389 , and upon H413 the men H376 of Judah H3063 , H853 all H3605 the evil H7451 that H834 I have pronounced H1696 against H413 them ; but they hearkened H8085 not H3808 .
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32. Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe. As Jeremiah spoke, Baruch wrote on the scroll the same messages that were on the scroll that King Jehoiakim had burned in the fire. And many other words like those messages were added to the second scroll.
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32. Then took H3947 Jeremiah H3414 another H312 roll H4039 , and gave H5414 it to H413 Baruch H1263 the scribe H5608 , the son H1121 of Neriah H5374 ; who wrote H3789 therein H5921 from the mouth H4480 H6310 of Jeremiah H3414 H853 all H3605 the words H1697 of the book H5612 which H834 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had burned H8313 in the fire H784 : and there were added H3254 besides H5750 unto H5921 them many H7227 like H1992 words H1697 .
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