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Rh the, saying: 'Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way, and I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.'

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the, which He had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book. And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: 'I am detained, I cannot go into the house of the ; therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the in the ears of the people in the  house upon a fast-day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. It may be they will present their supplication before the, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the fury that the hath pronounced against this people.' And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the  in the  house.

Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the, all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem. Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of the house, in the ears of all the people. And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the, 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. Then Micaiah declared unto 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 the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying: 'Take in thy 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. And they said unto him: 'Sit down now, and read it in our ears.' So Baruch read it in their ears. Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said unto Baruch: 'We will surely tell the king of all these words.' And they asked Baruch, saying: 'Tell us now: How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?' Then Baruch answered them: 'He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.' Then said the princes unto Baruch: 'Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah, and let no man know where ye are.' And they went in to the king into the court; but they had deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama