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1. The Lord spoke this word to Jeremiah during the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah:
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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. "Get a scroll. Write on it all the words I have spoken to you about Israel and Judah and all the nations. Write everything from when I first spoke to you, when 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 family of Judah will hear what disasters I am planning to bring on them and will stop doing wicked things. Then I would forgive them for the sins and the evil things they have done."
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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 for Baruch son of Neriah. Jeremiah spoke the messages the Lord had given him, and Baruch wrote those 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 commanded Baruch, "I cannot go to the Temple of the Lord. I must stay here.
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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 on a day when the people are giving up eating. Read from the scroll to all the people of Judah who come into Jerusalem from their towns. Read the messages from the Lord, which are the words you wrote on the scroll as I spoke them to you.
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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 one will stop doing wicked things, because 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. In the Lord's Temple he read aloud the scroll that had the Lord's messages written on it.
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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 son of Josiah was king, a special time to give up eating was announced. All the people of Jerusalem and everyone who had come into Jerusalem from the towns of Judah were supposed to give up eating to honor 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 to all the people there the scroll containing Jeremiah's words. He read the scroll in the Temple of the Lord in the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan, a royal secretary. That room was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of 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. Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the messages from the Lord that were on the scroll.
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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. Micaiah went down to the royal secretary's room in the king's palace where all of the officers were sitting: Elishama the royal secretary; Delaiah son of Shemaiah; Elnathan son of Acbor; Gemariah son of Shaphan; Zedekiah son of Hananiah; and all the other officers.
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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 those officers everything he had heard Baruch read to the people 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 the officers sent a man named Jehudi son of Nethaniah to Baruch. (Nethaniah was the son of Shelemiah, who was the son of Cushi.) Jehudi said to Baruch, "Bring the scroll that you read to the people and come with me." So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went with Jehudi to the officers.
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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 officers said to Baruch, "Please 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 officers heard all the words, they became afraid and looked at each other. They said to Baruch, "We must certainly tell the king about these words."
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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 officers asked Baruch, "Tell us, please, where did you get all these words 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 them all to me, and I wrote them down 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 officers said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah must go and hide, and don't tell anyone where you are."
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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. The officers put the scroll in the room of Elishama the royal secretary. Then they went to the king in the courtyard 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 royal secretary and read it to the king and to all the officers 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. It was the ninth month of the year, so King Jehoiakim was sitting in the winter apartment. There was a fire burning in a small firepot in front of him.
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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. After Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut those columns off of the scroll with a penknife and threw them into the firepot. 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. King Jehoiakim and his servants heard everything that was said, but they were not frightened! They did not tear their clothes to show their sorrow.
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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 even 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, the king ordered Jerahmeel son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet. But 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. So King Jehoiakim burned the scroll where Baruch had written all the words Jeremiah had spoken to him. Then the Lord spoke his word 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 words on it that were on the first scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up.
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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 say this to Jehoiakim king of Judah: 'This is what the Lord says: You burned up that scroll and said, "Why, Jeremiah, did you write on it 'the king of Babylon will surely come and destroy this land and 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 Jehoiakim king of Judah: Jehoiakim's descendants will not sit on David's throne. When Jehoiakim dies, his body will be thrown out on the ground. It will be left out in the heat of the day and in 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 will punish Jehoiakim and his children and his servants, because they have done evil things. I will bring disasters upon them and upon all the people in Jerusalem and Judah -- everything I promised but which they refused to hear.'"
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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. So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, his secretary. As Jeremiah spoke, Baruch wrote on the scroll the same words that were on the scroll Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words 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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