1 And it cometh to pass, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word hath been unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying: 2 'Take to thee a roll of a book, and thou hast written on it all the words that I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day; 3 if so be the house of Israel do hear all the evil that I am thinking of doing to them, so that they turn back each from is evil way, and I have been propitious to their iniquity, and to their sin.' 4 And Jeremiah calleth Baruch son of Neriah, and Baruch writeth from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of Jehovah, that He hath spoken unto him, on a roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commandeth Baruch, saying, 'I am restrained, I am not able to enter the house of Jehovah; 6 but thou hast entered — and thou hast read in the roll that thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah, in the ears of the people, in the house of Jehovah, in the day of the fast, and also in the ears of all Judah who are coming in from their cities thou dost read them; 7 if so be their supplication doth fall before Jehovah, and they turn back each from his evil way, for great [is] the anger and the fury that Jehovah hath spoken concerning this people.' 8 And Baruch son of Neriah doth according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read in the book the words of Jehovah in the house of Jehovah. 9 And it cometh to pass, in the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah have all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who are coming in from cities of Judah to Jerusalem; 10 and Baruch readeth in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the opening of the new gate of the house of Jehovah, in the ears of all the people. 11 And Michaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heareth all the words of Jehovah from off the book, 12 and he goeth down [to] the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads. 13 And declare to them doth Micaiah all the words that he hath heard, when Baruch readeth in the book in the ears of the people; 14 and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, 'The roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people take in thy hand, and come.' And Baruch son of Neriah taketh the roll in his hand and cometh in unto them, 15 and they say unto him, 'Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears, 16 and it cometh to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid one at another, and say unto Baruch, 'We do surely declare to the king all these words.' 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, 'Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words — from his mouth?' 18 And Baruch saith to them, 'From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.' 19 And the heads say unto Baruch, 'Go, be hidden, thou and Jeremiah, and let no one know where ye [are].' 20 And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words. 21 And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king; 22 and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning, 23 and it cometh to pass, when Jehudi readeth three or four leaves, he cutteth it out with the scribe's knife, and hath cast unto the fire, that [is] on the stove, till the consumption of all the roll by the fire that [is] on the stove. 24 And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor rent their garments. 25 And also Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah have interceded with the king not to burn the roll, and he hath not hearkened unto them. 26 And the king commandeth Jerahmeel son of Hammelek, and Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet, and Jehovah doth hide them. 27 And there is a word of Jehovah unto Jeremiah — after the king's burning the roll, even the words that Baruch hath written from the mouth of Jeremiah — saying: 28 'Turn, take to thee another roll, and write on it all the former words that were on the first roll, that Jehoiakim king of Judah burnt, 29 and unto Jehoiakim king of Judah thou dost say: Thus said Jehovah, Thou hast burnt this roll, saying, Wherefore hast thou written on it, saying, The king of Babylon surely cometh in, and hath destroyed this land, and caused to cease from it man and beast? 30 'Therefore, thus said Jehovah, concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He hath none sitting on the throne of David, and his carcase is cast out to heat by day, and to cold by night; 31 and I have charged on him, and on his seed, and on his servants, their iniquity; and I have brought in on them, and on the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and unto the men of Judah, all the evil that I have spoken unto them, and they hearkened not.' 32 And Jeremiah hath taken another roll, and giveth it unto Baruch son of Neriah the scribe, and he writeth on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book that Jehoiakim king of Judah hath burnt in the fire; and again there were added unto them many words like these.
Jeremiah · Young's Literal Translation
Jeremiah 36 Young's Literal Translation
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People
Abdeel
Named as the father of Shelemiah, an officer of Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:26
Azriel
Named as the father of Seraiah, an officer of Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:26
Baruch
The scribe to whom Jeremiah dictated the words of the LORD and to whom he gave the deed of the field at Anathoth.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 36:4; Jeremiah 36:14
Cushi
Named as the father of Shelemiah, in the ancestry of Jehudi.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:14
Delaiah
Son of Shemaiah who was among the officials seated in the scribe's chamber when Baruch's scroll was read, and who urged the king not to burn it.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25
Elishama
The scribe in whose chamber the scroll of Jeremiah was later kept, and one of the officials who heard its words.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:20; Jeremiah 36:21
Elnathan
Son of Achbor whom Jehoiakim sent to Egypt to bring Uriah back, and who was among the officials who heard the scroll.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 26:22; Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25
Gemariah
Son of Shaphan the scribe, in whose chamber Baruch read Jeremiah's scroll, and one of the officials who heard it.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:10; Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:25
Hananiah
Named as the father of Zedekiah, an official under Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:12
Jehudi
Son of Nethaniah, sent by the officials to bring Baruch to them, and who read Jeremiah's scroll to the king.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:14; Jeremiah 36:21; Jeremiah 36:23
Jerahmeel
A son of the king whom Jehoiakim commanded, with Seraiah and Shelemiah, to seize Baruch and Jeremiah.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:26
Micaiah
Son of Gemariah who heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll and reported them to the officials.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:11
Nethaniah
Seraiah
Son of Azriel whom Jehoiakim commanded to seize Baruch and Jeremiah, though the LORD hid them.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:26
Shelemiah
Son of Abdeel whom Jehoiakim commanded to seize Baruch and Jeremiah, though the LORD hid them.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:26
Shelemiah
Son of Cushi and father of Nethaniah, named in the ancestry of Jehudi.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:14
Shemaiah
Named as the father of Delaiah, an official under Jehoiakim.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:12
Zedekiah
Son of Hananiah, one of the officials seated in the scribe's chamber when Baruch's scroll was read.
Cited in the guide: Jeremiah 36:12
Cross references (31)
Related passages for each verse, from the Treasury of Scripture Knowledge as collected and ranked by readers at OpenBible.info.
- 1 Jeremiah 25:1; Jeremiah 35:1; 2 Chronicles 36:5; Jeremiah 45:1; 2 Kings 24:1–2
- 2 Jeremiah 30:2; Jeremiah 1:10; Jeremiah 36:6; Exodus 17:14; Jeremiah 25:3
- 3 Jeremiah 18:8; Acts 3:19; Jeremiah 26:3; Deuteronomy 30:2; Ezekiel 12:3
- 4 Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 36:32; Ezekiel 2:9; Jeremiah 43:3; Jeremiah 45:1–2
- 5 Jeremiah 33:1; Jeremiah 32:2; 2 Corinthians 11:23; Ephesians 6:20; Jeremiah 37:15
- 6 Jeremiah 36:8–9; Jeremiah 22:2; Leviticus 16:29–31; Jeremiah 7:2; Jeremiah 26:2
- 7 Jeremiah 36:3; Lamentations 4:11; Jeremiah 21:5; Hosea 5:15–6:1; 2 Kings 22:17
- 8 Jeremiah 1:17; Philippians 2:19–22; 1 Corinthians 16:10; Nehemiah 8:3; Luke 4:16–30
- 9 2 Chronicles 20:3; Jonah 3:5; Jeremiah 36:22; Esther 4:16; Nehemiah 9:1
- 10 Jeremiah 36:11; Jeremiah 52:25; Jeremiah 26:10; 2 Samuel 8:17; Jeremiah 36:25
- 11 2 Kings 22:12–14; 2 Chronicles 34:20; Jeremiah 36:10; 2 Kings 25:22
- 12 Jeremiah 26:22; 2 Kings 22:12; Jeremiah 36:25; Jeremiah 41:1; 2 Kings 22:14
- 13 2 Kings 22:10; Jonah 3:6; 2 Kings 22:19; 2 Chronicles 34:16–18; 2 Chronicles 34:24
- 14 Jeremiah 36:2; Zephaniah 1:1; Jeremiah 41:16; Ezekiel 2:6–7; Jeremiah 41:18
- 16 Jeremiah 13:18; Amos 7:10–11; Jeremiah 36:24; Acts 24:25–26; Jeremiah 38:1–4
- 17 John 9:15; John 9:26–27; John 9:10–11
- 18 Jeremiah 36:4; Jeremiah 36:2; Proverbs 26:4–5; Jeremiah 43:2–3
- 19 1 Kings 17:3; 1 Kings 18:4; Jeremiah 26:20–24; 1 Kings 18:10; Jeremiah 36:26
- 20 Jeremiah 36:12; Jeremiah 36:21
- 21 2 Kings 22:10; Ezekiel 2:4–5; 2 Chronicles 34:18; Jeremiah 26:2; Jeremiah 23:28
- 22 Amos 3:15; Jeremiah 36:9; Jeremiah 22:14–16; Jeremiah 3:20
- 23 1 Kings 22:8; 1 Kings 22:27; Proverbs 13:13; Proverbs 21:30; Isaiah 5:18–19
- 24 Jeremiah 36:16; Psalm 36:1; Isaiah 36:22–37:1; Psalm 64:5; Jonah 3:6
- 25 Jeremiah 36:12; Acts 5:34–39; Genesis 37:22; Genesis 37:26–28; Jeremiah 13:15–17
- 26 1 Kings 19:14; 1 Kings 19:10; 1 Kings 17:3; Psalm 91:1; 1 Kings 19:1–3
- 27 Jeremiah 36:4
- 28 Zechariah 1:5–6; 2 Timothy 2:13; Jeremiah 44:28; Jeremiah 28:13–14; Matthew 24:35
- 29 Isaiah 30:10; Jeremiah 26:9; Isaiah 29:21; Jeremiah 32:3; Job 15:24
- 30 Jeremiah 22:30; 2 Kings 24:12–15; Genesis 31:40; Jeremiah 22:18–19
- 31 Proverbs 29:1; Leviticus 26:14; Jeremiah 35:17; Jeremiah 19:15; Jeremiah 23:34
- 32 Jeremiah 36:4; Jeremiah 36:18; Exodus 4:15–16; Leviticus 26:24; Leviticus 26:21
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