1 Now it came about in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,2 Take a book and put down in it all the words I have said to you against Israel and against Judah and against all the nations, from the day when my word came to you in the days of Josiah till this day.3 It may be that the people of Judah, hearing of all the evil which it is my purpose to do to them, will be turned, every man from his evil ways; so that they may have my forgiveness for their evil-doing and their sin.4 Then Jeremiah sent for Baruch, the son of Neriah; and Baruch took down from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which he had said to him, writing them in a book.5 And Jeremiah gave orders to Baruch, saying, I am shut up, and am not able to go into the house of the Lord:6 So you are to go, reading there from the book, which you have taken down from my mouth, the words of the Lord, in the hearing of the people in the Lord's house, on a day when they go without food, and in the hearing of all the men of Judah who have come out from their towns.7 It may be that their prayer for grace will go up to the Lord, and that every man will be turned from his evil ways: for great is the wrath and the passion made clear by the Lord against this people.8 And Baruch, the son of Neriah, did as Jeremiah the prophet gave him orders to do, reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.9 Now it came about in the fifth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, that it was given out publicly that all the people in Jerusalem, and all the people who came from the towns of Judah to Jerusalem, were to keep from food before the Lord.10 Then Baruch gave a public reading of the words of Jeremiah from the book, in the house of the Lord, in the room of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher square, as one goes in by the new doorway of the Lord's house, in the hearing of all the people.11 And Micaiah, the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, after hearing all the words of the Lord from the book,12 Went down to the king's house, to the scribe's room: and all the rulers were seated there, 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.13 Then Micaiah gave them an account of all the words which had come to his ears when Baruch was reading the book to the people.14 So all the rulers sent Jehudi, the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, Take in your hand the book from which you have been reading to the people and come. So Baruch, the son of Neriah, took the book in his hand and came down to them.15 Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.16 Now it came about that, after hearing all the words, they said to one another in fear, We will certainly give the king an account of all these words.17 And questioning Baruch, they said, Say now, how did you put all these words down in writing from his mouth?18 Then Baruch, answering, said, He said all these things to me by word of mouth, and I put them down with ink in the book.19 Then the rulers said to Baruch, Go and put yourself in a safe place, you and Jeremiah, and let no man have knowledge of where you are.20 Then they went into the open square to the king; but the book they put away in the room of Elishama the scribe; and they gave the king an account of all the words.21 So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.22 Now the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.23 And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.24 But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.25 And Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made a strong request to the king not to let the book be burned, but he would not give ear to them.26 And the king gave orders to 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 the Lord kept them safe.27 Then after the book, in which Baruch had put down the words of Jeremiah, had been burned by the king, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,28 Take another book and put down in it all the words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim, king of Judah, put into the fire.29 And about Jehoiakim, king of Judah, you are to say, This is what the Lord has said: You have put this book into the fire, saying, Why have you put in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come, causing the destruction of this land and putting an end to every man and beast in it?30 For this reason the Lord has said of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, He will have no son to take his place on the seat of David: his dead body will be put out to undergo the heat of the day and the cold of the night.31 And I will send punishment on him and on his seed and on his servants for their evil-doing; I will send on them and on the people of Jerusalem and the men of Judah, all the evil which I said against them, but they did not give ear.32 Then Jeremiah took another book, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who put down in it, from the mouth of Jeremiah, all the words of the book which had been burned in the fire by Jehoiakim, king of Judah: and in addition a number of other words of the same sort.

1 Et factum est in anno quarto Joakim filii Josi regis Juda, factum est verbum hoc ad Jeremiam a Domino, dicens : 2 Tolle volumen libri, et scribes in eo omnia verba qu locutus sum tibi adversum Isral et Judam, et adversum omnes gentes, a die qua locutus sum ad te, ex diebus Josi usque ad diem hanc : 3 si forte, audiente domo Juda universa mala qu ego cogito facere eis, revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima, et propitius ero iniquitati et peccato eorum. 4 Vocavit ergo Jeremias Baruch filium Neri : et scripsit Baruch ex ore Jeremi omnes sermones Domini quos locutus est ad eum, in volumine libri : 5 et prcepit Jeremias Baruch, dicens : Ego clausus sum, nec valeo ingredi domum Domini. 6 Ingredere ergo tu, et lege de volumine in quo scripsisti ex ore meo verba Domini, audiente populo in domo Domini, in die jejunii, insuper et audiente universo Juda, qui veniunt de civitatibus suis, leges eis, 7 si forte cadat oratio eorum in conspectu Domini, et revertatur unusquisque a via sua pessima, quoniam magnus furor et indignatio est quam locutus est Dominus adversus populum hunc. 8 Et fecit Baruch filius Neri juxta omnia qu prceperat ei Jeremias propheta, legens ex volumine sermones Domini in domo Domini. 9 Factum est autem in anno quinto Joakim filii Josi regis Juda, in mense nono : prdicaverunt jejunium in conspectu Domini omni populo in Jerusalem, et univers multitudini qu confluxerat de civitatibus Juda in Jerusalem. 10 Legitque Baruch ex volumine sermones Jeremi in domo Domini, in gazophylacio Gamari, filii Saphan scrib, in vestibulo superiori, in introitu port nov domus Domni, audiente omni populo. 11 Cumque audisset Michas filius Gamari filii Saphan, omnes sermones Domini ex libro, 12 descendit in domum regis, ad gazophylacium scrib, et ecce ibi omnes principes sedebant : Elisama scriba, et Dalaias filius Semei, et Elnathan filius Achobor, et Gamarias filius Saphan, et Sedecias filius Hanani, et universi principes : 13 et nuntiavit eis Michas omnia verba qu audivit, legente Baruch ex volumine in auribus populi. 14 Miserunt itaque omnes principes ad Baruch Judi filium Nathani filii Selemi filii Chusi, dicentes : Volumen ex quo legisti, audiente populo, sume in manu tua, et veni. Tulit ergo Baruch filius Neri volumen in manu sua, et venit ad eos, 15 et dixerunt ad eum : Sede, et lege hc in auribus nostris. Et legit Baruch in auribus eorum. 16 Igitur cum audissent omnia verba, obstupuerunt unusquisque ad proximum suum, et dixerunt ad Baruch : Nuntiare debemus regi omnes sermones istos. 17 Et interrogaverunt eum, dicentes : Indica nobis quomodo scripsisti omnes sermones istos ex ore ejus. 18 Dixit autem eis Baruch : Ex ore suo loquebatur quasi legens ad me omnes sermones istos, et ego scribebam in volumine atramento. 19 Et dixerunt principes ad Baruch : Vade, et abscondere, tu et Jeremias, et nemo sciat ubi sitis. 20 Et ingressi sunt ad regem in atrium : porro volumen commendaverunt in gazophylacio Elisam scrib, et nuntiaverunt, audiente rege, omnes sermones. 21 Misitque rex Judi ut sumeret volumen : qui tollens illud de gazophylacio Elisam scrib, legit, audiente rege et universis principibus qui stabant circa regem. 22 Rex autem sedebat in domo hiemali, in mense nono, et posita erat arula coram eo plena prunis. 23 Cumque legisset Judi tres pagellas vel quatuor, scidit illud scalpello scrib, et projecit in ignem qui erat super arulam, donec consumeretur omne volumen igni qui erat in arula. 24 Et non timuerunt, neque sciderunt vestimenta sua, rex et omnes servi ejus qui audierunt universos sermones istos. 25 Verumtamen Elnathan, et Dalaias, et Gamarias, contradixerunt regi, ne combureret librum : et non audivit eos. 26 Et prcepit rex Jeremiel filio Amelech, et Sarai filio Ezriel, et Selemi filio Abdeel, ut comprehenderent Baruch scribam, et Jeremiam prophetam : abscondit autem eos Dominus.27 Et factum est verbum Domini ad Jeremiam prophetam, postquam combusserat rex volumen et sermones quos scripserat Baruch ex ore Jeremi, dicens : 28 Rursum tolle volumen aliud, et scribe in eo omnes sermones priores qui erant in primo volumine, quod combussit Joakim rex Juda. 29 Et ad Joakim regem Juda dices : Hc dicit Dominus : Tu combussisti volumen illud, dicens : Quare scripsisti in eo annuntians : Festinus veniet rex Babylonis, et vastabit terram hanc, et cessare faciet ex illa hominem et jumentum ? 30 Propterea hc dicit Dominus contra Joakim regem Juda : Non erit ex eo qui sedeat super solium David : et cadaver ejus projicietur ad stum per diem, et ad gelu per noctem. 31 Et visitabo contra eum, et contra semen ejus, et contra servos ejus, iniquitates suas : et adducam super eos, et super habitatores Jerusalem, et super viros Juda, omne malum quod locutus sum ad eos, et non audierunt. 32 Jeremias autem tulit volumen aliud, et dedit illud Baruch filio Neri scrib : qui scripsit in eo ex ore Jeremi omnes sermones libri quem combusserat Joakim rex Juda igni : et insuper additi sunt sermones multo plures quam antea fuerant.