1 No quarto ano de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, veio esta palavra do Senhor a Jeremias, dizendo: 2 Toma um rolo, um livro, e escreve nele todas as palavras que te falei contra Israel, contra Judá e contra todas as nações, desde o dia em que te falei, desde os dias de Josias até hoje. 3 Talvez ouçam os da casa de Judá todo o mal que eu intento fazer-lhes e venham a converter-se cada um do seu mau caminho, e eu lhes perdoe a iniquidade e o pecado. 4 Então, Jeremias chamou a Baruque, filho de Nerias; escreveu Baruque no rolo, segundo o que ditou Jeremias, todas as palavras que a este o Senhor havia revelado.

5 Jeremias ordenou a Baruque, dizendo: Estou encarcerado; não posso entrar na Casa do Senhor. 6 Entra, pois, tu e, do rolo que escreveste, segundo o que eu ditei, lê todas as palavras do Senhor, diante do povo, na Casa do Senhor, no dia de jejum; e também as lerás diante de todos os de Judá que vêm das suas cidades. 7 Pode ser que as suas humildes súplicas sejam bem-acolhidas pelo Senhor, e cada um se converta do seu mau caminho; porque grande é a ira e o furor que o Senhor tem manifestado contra este povo. 8 Fez Baruque, filho de Nerias, segundo tudo quanto lhe havia ordenado Jeremias, o profeta, e leu naquele livro as palavras do Senhor, na Casa do Senhor.

9 No quinto ano de Jeoaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá, no mês nono, apregoaram jejum diante do Senhor a todo o povo em Jerusalém, como também a todo o povo que vinha das cidades de Judá a Jerusalém. 10 Leu, pois, Baruque naquele livro as palavras de Jeremias na Casa do Senhor, na câmara de Gemarias, filho de Safã, o escriba, no átrio superior, à entrada da Porta Nova da Casa do Senhor, diante de todo o povo.

11 Ouvindo Micaías, filho de Gemarias, filho de Safã, todas as palavras do Senhor, naquele livro, 12 desceu à casa do rei, à câmara do escrivão. Eis que todos os príncipes estavam ali assentados: Elisama, o escrivão, Delaías, filho de Semaías, Elnatã, filho de Acbor, Gemarias, filho de Safã, Zedequias, filho de Hananias, e todos os outros príncipes. 13 Micaías anunciou-lhes todas as palavras que ouvira, quando Baruque leu o livro diante do povo. 14 Então, todos os príncipes mandaram Jeudi, filho de Netanias, filho de Selemias, filho de Cusi, dizer a Baruque: O rolo que leste diante do povo, toma-o contigo e vem. Baruque, filho de Nerias, tomou o rolo consigo e veio ter com eles. 15 Disseram-lhe: Assenta-te, agora, e lê-o para nós. E Baruque o leu diante deles. 16 Tendo eles ouvido todas aquelas palavras, entreolharam-se atemorizados e disseram a Baruque: Sem dúvida nenhuma, anunciaremos ao rei todas estas palavras. 17 E perguntaram a Baruque, dizendo: Declara-nos, como escreveste isto? Acaso, te ditou o profeta todas estas palavras? 18 Respondeu-lhes Baruque: Ditava-me pessoalmente todas estas palavras, e eu as escrevia no livro com tinta. 19 Então, disseram os príncipes a Baruque: Vai, esconde-te, tu e Jeremias; ninguém saiba onde estais.

20 Foram os príncipes ter com o rei ao átrio, depois de terem depositado o rolo na câmara de Elisama, o escrivão, e anunciaram diante do rei todas aquelas palavras. 21 Então, enviou o rei a Jeudi, para que trouxesse o rolo; Jeudi tomou-o da câmara de Elisama, o escrivão, e o leu diante do rei e de todos os príncipes que estavam com ele. 22 O rei estava assentado na casa de inverno, pelo nono mês, e diante dele estava um braseiro aceso. 23 Tendo Jeudi lido três ou quatro folhas do livro, cortou-o o rei com um canivete de escrivão e o lançou no fogo que havia no braseiro, e, assim, todo o rolo se consumiu no fogo que estava no braseiro. 24 Não se atemorizaram, não rasgaram as vestes, nem o rei nem nenhum dos seus servos que ouviram todas aquelas palavras. 25 Posto que Elnatã, Delaías e Gemarias tinham insistido com o rei que não queimasse o rolo, ele não lhes deu ouvidos. 26 Antes, deu ordem o rei a Jerameel, filho de Hameleque, a Seraías, filho de Azriel, e a Selemias, filho de Abdeel, que prendessem a Baruque, o escrivão, e a Jeremias, o profeta; mas o Senhor os havia escondido.

27 Então, veio a Jeremias a palavra do Senhor, depois que o rei queimara o rolo com as palavras que Baruque escrevera ditadas por Jeremias, dizendo: 28 Toma outro rolo e escreve nele todas as palavras que estavam no original, que Jeoaquim, rei de Judá, queimou. 29 E a Jeoaquim, rei de Judá, dirás: Assim diz o Senhor: Tu queimaste aquele rolo, dizendo: Por que escreveste nele que certamente viria o rei da Babilônia, e destruiria esta terra, e acabaria com homens e animais dela? 30 Portanto, assim diz o Senhor, acerca de Jeoaquim, rei de Judá: Ele não terá quem se assente no trono de Davi, e o seu cadáver será largado ao calor do dia e à geada da noite. 31 Castigá-lo-ei, e à sua descendência, e aos seus servos por causa da iniquidade deles; sobre ele, sobre os moradores de Jerusalém e sobre os homens de Judá farei cair todo o mal que tenho falado contra eles, e não ouviram. 32 Tomou, pois, Jeremias outro rolo e o deu a Baruque, filho de Nerias, o escrivão, o qual escreveu nele, ditado por Jeremias, todas as palavras do livro que Jeoaquim, rei de Judá, queimara; e ainda se lhes acrescentaram muitas palavras semelhantes.

1 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from Jehovah, saying, 2 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 spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day. 3 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; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.

4 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 unto him, upon a roll of a book. 5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of Jehovah: 6 therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of Jehovah in the ears of the people in Jehovah’s house upon the fast-day; and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities. 7 It may be they will present their supplication before Jehovah, and will return every one from his evil way; for great is the anger and the wrath that Jehovah hath pronounced against this people. 8 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.

9 Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem, proclaimed a fast before Jehovah. 10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of Jehovah, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper court, at the entry of the new gate of Jehovah’s house, in the ears of all the people.

11 And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of Jehovah, 12 he went down into the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber: and, lo, all the princes were sitting there, to wit, 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. 13 Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people. 14 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. 15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears. 16 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. 17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth? 18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book. 19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye are.

20 And they went in to the king into the court; but they had laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe; and they told all the words in the ears of the king. 21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll; and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king. 22 Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month: and there was a fire in the brazier burning before him. 23 And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, that the king cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. 24 And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. 25 Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them. 26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet; but Jehovah hid them.

27 Then the word of Jehovah came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying, 28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned. 29 And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say, Thus saith Jehovah: Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast? 30 Therefore thus saith Jehovah concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: He shall have none to sit upon 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. 31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them, but they hearkened not. 32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and there were added besides unto them many like words.

1 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:

2 "Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah till now.

3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn from their wicked ways; then I will forgive their wickedness and their sin."

4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and while Jeremiah dictated all the words the LORD had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.

5 Then Jeremiah told Baruch, "I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the LORD's temple.

6 So you go to the house of the LORD on a day of fasting and read to the people from the scroll the words of the LORD that you wrote as I dictated. Read them to all the people of Judah who come in from their towns.

7 Perhaps they will bring their petition before the LORD and will each turn from their wicked ways, for the anger and wrath pronounced against this people by the LORD are great."

8 Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the LORD's temple he read the words of the LORD from the scroll.

9 In the ninth month of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting before the LORD was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah.

10 From the room of Gemariah son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the LORD's temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.

11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,

12 he went down to the secretary's room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.

13 After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll,

14 all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, "Bring the scroll from which you have read to the people and come." So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand.

15 They said to him, "Sit down, please, and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.

16 When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear and said to Baruch, "We must report all these words to the king."

17 Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?"

18 "Yes," Baruch replied, "he dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll."

19 Then the officials said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah, go and hide. Don't let anyone know where you are."

20 After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him.

21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king and all the officials standing beside him.

22 It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment, with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him.

23 Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll, the king cut them off with a scribe's knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire.

24 The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear, nor did they tear their clothes.

25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.

27 After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah's dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:

28 "Take another scroll and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up.

29 Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, 'This is what the LORD says: You burned that scroll and said, "Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it both man and beast?"

30 Therefore this is what the LORD says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out and exposed to the heat by day and the frost by night.

31 I will punish him and his children and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.'"

32 So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.