English Bible Presentation Sharing - Jeremiah Book, chapter 36, verse 34 in Mkjv Version

Jeremiah 36 : 1 (MKJV)

And it happened in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, this Word came to Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying,

Jeremiah 36 : 2 (MKJV)

Take for yourself a roll of a book, and write in it all the Words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

Jeremiah 36 : 3 (MKJV)

It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I plan to do to them, that they may each man turn from his evil way, so that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

Jeremiah 36 : 4 (MKJV)

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah. And Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the Words of Jehovah, which He had spoken to him, on a roll of a book.

Jeremiah 36 : 5 (MKJV)

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up. I cannot go into the house of Jehovah.

Jeremiah 36 : 6 (MKJV)

Therefore you go, and read in the roll which you have written from my mouth, the Words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in Jehovah's house on the fasting day. And also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah who come out of their cities.

Jeremiah 36 : 7 (MKJV)

It may be they will present their prayer before Jehovah, and will return, each one from his evil way. For great is the anger and the fury that Jehovah has spoken against this people.

Jeremiah 36 : 8 (MKJV)

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book, the Words of Jehovah in Jehovah's house.

Jeremiah 36 : 9 (MKJV)

And it happened in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, they called a fast before Jehovah to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

Jeremiah 36 : 10 (MKJV)

And Baruch read in the book, the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the room of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entrance to the New Gate of Jehovah's house, in the ears of all the people.

Jeremiah 36 : 11 (MKJV)

When Michaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the Words of Jehovah out of the book,

Jeremiah 36 : 12 (MKJV)

then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's room. And, lo, all the rulers 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 rulers.

Jeremiah 36 : 13 (MKJV)

Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

Jeremiah 36 : 14 (MKJV)

Therefore all the rulers sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take the roll in your hand in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand and came to them.

Jeremiah 36 : 15 (MKJV)

And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

Jeremiah 36 : 16 (MKJV)

And it happened when they had heard all the words, they turned to one another in fear and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.

Jeremiah 36 : 17 (MKJV)

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?

Jeremiah 36 : 18 (MKJV)

Then Baruch answered them, He spoke all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink on the book.

Jeremiah 36 : 19 (MKJV)

And the rulers said to Baruch, Go hide yourselves, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.

Jeremiah 36 : 20 (MKJV)

And they went in to the king into the court. But they laid up the roll in the room of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

Jeremiah 36 : 21 (MKJV)

So the king sent Jehudi to bring the roll. And he took it out of the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the rulers who stood beside the king.

Jeremiah 36 : 22 (MKJV)

And the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month; also with the burning fire-pan before him.

Jeremiah 36 : 23 (MKJV)

And it happened when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the scribe's knife and threw it into the fire in the fire-pan, until all the scroll was burned up in the fire-pan.

Jeremiah 36 : 24 (MKJV)

Yet the king and all his servants who heard these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments.

Jeremiah 36 : 25 (MKJV)

But Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had pleaded with the king that he should not burn the scroll, but he would not hear them.

Jeremiah 36 : 26 (MKJV)

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But Jehovah hid them.

Jeremiah 36 : 27 (MKJV)

Then the Word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after the king had burned the scroll and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

Jeremiah 36 : 28 (MKJV)

Take for yourself another scroll, and write in it all the former Words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.

Jeremiah 36 : 29 (MKJV)

And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, So says Jehovah: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause man and beast to cease from there?

Jeremiah 36 : 30 (MKJV)

Therefore so says Jehovah of Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have no one to sit on 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.

Jeremiah 36 : 31 (MKJV)

And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity. And I will bring on them, and on the people of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evils that I have spoken against them; but they did not listen.

Jeremiah 36 : 32 (MKJV)

Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote in it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the Words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many words like them were added to them.