Jeremiah 36:12–25

¹²and he goeth down to the house of the king, unto the chamber of the scribe, and lo, there are all the heads sitting: Elishama the scribe, and Delaiah son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan son of Acbor, and Gemariah son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the heads. ¹³And declare to them doth Micaiah all the words that he hath heard, when Baruch readeth in the book in the ears of the people; ¹⁴and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, ‘The roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people take in thy hand, and come.’ And Baruch son of Neriah taketh the roll in his hand and cometh in unto them, ¹⁵and they say unto him, ‘Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,’ and Baruch readeth in their ears, ¹⁶and it cometh to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid one at another, and say unto Baruch, ‘We do surely declare to the king all these words.’ ¹⁷And they asked Baruch, saying, ‘Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words—from his mouth?’ ¹⁸And Baruch saith to them, ‘From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.’ ¹⁹And the heads say unto Baruch, ‘Go, be hidden, thou and Jeremiah, and let no one know where ye are.’

²⁰And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words. ²¹And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king; ²²and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning, ²³and it cometh to pass, when Jehudi readeth three or four leaves, he cutteth it out with the scribe’s knife, and hath cast unto the fire, that is on the stove, till the consumption of all the roll by the fire that is on the stove. ²⁴And the king and all his servants who are hearing all these words have not been afraid, nor rent their garments. ²⁵And also Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah have interceded with the king not to burn the roll, and he hath not hearkened unto them.