Jer 36:10 Then Baruch gave a public reading of the words of Jeremiah from the book, in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher square, as one goes in by the new doorway of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people.
Jer 36:11 And Micaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, after hearing all the words of the Lord from the book,
Jer 36:12 Went down to the king's house, to the scribe's room: and all the rulers were seated there, 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 rulers.
Jer 36:13 Then Micaiah gave them an account of all the words which had come to his ears when Baruch was reading the book to the people.
Jer 36:14 So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand and came down to them.
Jer 36:15 Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.
Jer 36:16 Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.
Jer 36:17 And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?
Jer 36:18 Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.
Jer 36:19 Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.
Jer 36:20 Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.
Jer 36:21 So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.
Jer 36:22 Now the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.
Jer 36:23 And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.
Jer 36:24 But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.
Jer 36:25 And Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made a strong request to the king not to let the book be burned, but he would not give ear to them.
Jer 36:26 And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.
Jer 36:27 Then after the book, in which Baruch had put down the words of Jeremiah, had been burned by the king, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,
Jer 36:28 Take another book and put down in it all the words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim, king o"};
