Jeremiah 36:12–25

¹²Then he went down into the king’s house, into ^rthe scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even ^uElishama ^rthe scribe, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and ^vElnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of ^qShaphan, and Zedekiah the son of ^wHananiah, and all the princes. ¹³Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. ¹⁴Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of ^xShelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine 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. ¹⁵And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. ¹⁶Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, ^ythey were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words. ¹⁷And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? ¹⁸Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and ^zI wrote them with ink in the book. ¹⁹Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.

²⁰And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll ^ain the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king. ²¹So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of ^aElishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes ^bwhich stood beside the king. ²²Now the king sat in ^cthe winterhouse ^din the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him. ²³And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth. ^24yYet they were not afraid, ^enor ^frent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. ²⁵Nevertheless ^gElnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah ^hhad made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.