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the house of the L
ORD
, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher
court, at the entry of the new gate of the L
ORD
’S house, in the ears of all the people.
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When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the
words of the L
ORD
,
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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.
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Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch
read the book in the ears of the people.
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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.
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And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So
Baruch read
it
in their ears.
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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.
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And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
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Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote
them
with ink in the book.
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Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah;
and let no man know where ye be.
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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.
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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.
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Now the king sat in the winterhouse
in the ninth month: and
there was a fire
on the hearth burning before him.
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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.
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Yet they
were not afraid, nor rent their garments,
neither
the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these
words.
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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.
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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 L
ORD
hid them.
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Then the word of the L
ORD
came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the
words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
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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.
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And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim the king of Judah, Thus saith the L
ORD
; 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?
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Therefore thus saith
the L
ORD
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.
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And I will punish
him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the
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