The Lord Tells Jeremiah to Write Down on a Scroll, All He's Said |
Jeremiah 36:1-32 The Book of Jeremiah [in Smaller Chunks] |
And it [happened] in the 4th year Jehoiakim, [Josiah's] son, [Judah's] king, [ruled,] that this Word from the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, You, take a [scroll from] a book & write in [it] all the Words that I have spoken to you, against Israel, Judah & all the nations, from the day I [spoke] to you, [during] the days of Josiah, even [until] this day. |
It may be, that the house of Judah will hear all the [disaster that] I plan to do to them, [so] that every man may return from his evil [ways.] [So,] that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin. [Jeremiah 26:3 If they will [pay attention] & every man [turns] from evil [ways,] that I may [withdraw] the [disaster] I [intended] to do to them, because of the evil of their [actions.] |
Then, Jeremiah called Baruch, [Neriah's] son. And from the mouth of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote [on a scroll] of a book, all the Words of the Lord, had spoken to [Jeremiah.] And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am [confined] & I can't go into the [Lord's] house. |
[Jeremiah 32:2 For then, the army of [Babylon's] king [attacked] Jerusalem. And Jeremiah, the prophet was shut up in the [courtyard] of the prison, which was in the king of Judah's house.] |
Therefore, on the day of fasting, you go & read in the ears of the people in the Lord's house, the [scroll, that] you have written [of] the Words of the Lord from my mouth. And you shall also read them in the ears of all Judah, [who] come out of their cities. |
It may be [that] they will present their [requests] before the Lord & everyone will return from his evil [ways.] For the anger & the fury that Lord has [declared] against this people is [large.] |
And Baruch, [Neriah's] son, did according to all that Jeremiah, the prophet, commanded him, [by] reading [from] the book, the Words of the Lord in the Lord's house. |
And it [happened during the rule] of Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, [Judah's King, in the 9th month of the 5th year, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people In Jerusalem & all the people, [who] came from [Judah's] cities to Jerusalem. |
Then Baruch, read the book [with the Lord's] Words [from] Jeremiah, in the [Lord's] house, in the [room] of Gemariah, [Shaphan's] son, the scribe, in the higher court & in the ears of all the people, at the new [gate's entrance.] |
When Michaiah, [Gemariah's] son, [who was] the son of Shaphan, had heard all the Words of the Lord [from] the book, he then went down into the king's house, into the scribe's [room.] And [saw] all the princes sat there, even Elishama, the scribe; Delaiah, [Shemaiah's] son; Elnathan, [Achbor's] son; Gemariah, [Shaphan's] son; Zedekiah, [Hananiah's] son & all the princes. |
Then, Michaiah declared to them all the Words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. Therefore, all the princes sent Jehudi, [Nethaniah's] son, [who was] the son of Shelemiah, [Cushi's] son, to Baruch, saying, Take the [scroll] in your hand [that] you read in the ears of the people & come. So, Baruch, [Neriah's] soon, took the [scroll] in his hand & came to them. |
And they said to him, Sit down now & read it in our ears. So, Baruch read it in their ears. Now, it [happened,] when they had heard all the Words, they were afraid & [looked in fear to] one [another] & said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king [about] all these Words. |
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us, How did you write all these Words [from Jeremiah's] mouth? Then, Baruch answered them. [Jeremiah declared] all these Words to me with his mouth & I wrote them with ink in the book. Then, the princes said to Baruch, You, go & hide Jeremiah & [don't] let [any] man know where you [are.] |
And they went into the [courtyard,] to the king, but they [had put] up the [scroll] in the [room] of Elishama, the scribe & told all these Words in the ears of the king. So, the king sent Jehudi to [get] the [scroll] & he took it out of the [room] of Elishama, the scribe. |
And Jehudi read it in the [king's] ears & in the ears of all the princes, [who] stood [next to] the king. Now, the king sat in the winter house in the 9th month & there was a fire on the [fireplace's] hearth, burning [in front of] him. |
And it [happened,] that when Jehudi had read 3 or 4 leaves [of the scroll,] [the king] cut it with a penknife & [threw] it into the fire, that was on the hearth, until all the [scroll] was consumed in the fire. [Still,] they weren't afraid & [didn't tear] their garments & neither [did] the king, nor any of his servants, [who] heard all these Words. |
[However,] Elnathan, Delaiah & Gemariah had [requested of] the king that he wouldn't burn the [scroll,] but he wouldn't [listen] to them. But the king commanded Jerahmeel, [Hammelech's] son; Seraiah, [Azriels'] son, & Shelemiah, [Abdeel's] son, to take Baruch, the scribe & Jeremiah, the prophet; but the Lord hid them. |
After the king had burned the [scroll] & the Words [that] Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, then, the Word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying, Take [yourself,] another [scroll] & write in it all the [previous] Words that were in the first [scroll that] Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, has burned. |
And you shall say to Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, The Lord says [this,] You have burned this [scroll,] saying, Why have you written [in it] saying, [Babylon's] king, shall certainly come & destroy this land & shall cause man & [animals] to cease from [there?] |
Therefore, the Lord says [this about] Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, He shall have [no one] to sit upon the throne of David. And [Jehoiakim's] dead body shall be [thrown] out [& be in] the heat, in the day & frost, in the night. And I will punish him & his [descendants] & his servants for their [sinfulness.] |
And I will bring upon them & the [residents] of Jerusalem & the men of Judah, all the [disaster] I have [declared] against them. But they [didn't pay attention.] |
Then, Jeremiah, took another [scroll] & gave it to Baruch, the scribe, [Neriah's] son; who wrote [in it] from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the Words of the book [that] Jehoiakim, [Judah's] king, had burned in the fire. And many [similar] Words were added [in addition] to them. |