²⁰ So they went into the court to the king, having put the scroll in ^(A)the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and they reported all the words to the king. ²¹ Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary. And Jehudi read it to the king and all the officials who stood beside the king. ²² It was ^(B)the ninth month, and the king was sitting in ^(C)the winter house, and there was a fire burning in the fire pot before him. ²³ As Jehudi read three or four columns, the king would cut them off with a knife and throw them into the fire in the fire pot, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the fire pot. ²⁴ Yet ^(D)neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was afraid, ^(E)nor did they tear their garments. ²⁵ Even when ^(F)Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah ^(G)urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. ²⁶ And the king commanded Jerahmeel the ^(H)king's son and Seraiah the son of Azriel and ^(I)Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to seize ^(J)Baruch the secretary and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord hid them.

²⁷ Now after the king had burned the scroll with the words that Baruch wrote at Jeremiah's dictation, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: ²⁸ “Take another scroll and write on it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned. ²⁹ And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah you shall say, ‘Thus says the Lord, You have burned this scroll, saying, ^(K)“Why have you written in it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land, and will cut off from it man and beast?” ³⁰ Therefore thus says the Lord concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah: ^(L)He shall have none ^(M)to sit on the throne of David, ^(N)and his dead body shall be cast out to the heat by day and the frost by night. ^31 (O)And I will punish him and his offspring and his servants for their iniquity. I will bring upon them and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem and upon the people of Judah all the disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they would not hear.’”

³² Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to ^(P)Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who ^(Q)wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.

Jeremiah Warns Zedekiah

37 ^(R)Zedekiah the son of Josiah, ^(S)whom Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah, reigned instead of ^(T)Coniah the son of Jehoiakim. ^2 (U)But neither he nor his servants nor the people of the land listened to the words of the Lord that he spoke through Jeremiah the prophet.

³ King Zedekiah sent ^(V)Jehucal the son of ^(W)Shelemiah, and ^(X)Zephaniah the priest, the son of ^(Y)Maaseiah, to Jeremiah the prophet, saying, “Please ^(Z)pray for us to the Lord our God.” ^4 (AA)Now Jeremiah was still going in and out among the people, ^(AB)for he had not yet been put in prison. ^5 (AC)The army of Pharaoh had come out of Egypt. And when ^(AD)the Chaldeans who were besieging Jerusalem heard news about them, ^(AE)they withdrew from Jerusalem.

⁶ Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah the prophet: ⁷ “Thus says the Lord, God of Israel: Thus shall you say to the king of Judah who ^(AF)sent you to me to inquire of me, ‘Behold, ^(AG)Pharaoh's army that came to help you is about to ^(AH)return to Egypt, to its own land. ⁸ And ^(AI)the Chaldeans shall come back and fight against this city. ^(AJ)They shall capture it and burn it with fire. ⁹ Thus says the Lord, Do not deceive yourselves, saying, “The Chaldeans will surely go away from us,” for they will not go away. ^10 (AK)For even if you should defeat the whole army of Chaldeans who are fighting against you, and there remained of them only wounded men, every man in his tent, they would rise up and ^(AL)burn this city with fire.’”

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Paul's Plea for Onesimus

⁸ Accordingly, ^(A)though I am bold enough in Christ to command you to do ^(B)what is required, ⁹ yet for love's sake I prefer to appeal to you—I, Paul, an old man and now ^(C)a prisoner also for Christ Jesus— ¹⁰ I appeal to you for ^(D)my child, ^(E)Onesimus,^{[a] (F)}whose father I became in my imprisonment. ¹¹ (Formerly he was useless to you, but now he is indeed useful to you and to me.) ¹² I am sending him back to you, sending my very heart. ¹³ I would have been glad to keep him with me, in order that he might serve me ^(G)on your behalf ^(H)during my imprisonment for the gospel, ¹⁴ but I preferred to do nothing without your consent in order that your goodness might not be ^(I)by compulsion but of your own accord. ¹⁵ For this perhaps is why ^(J)he was parted from you for a while, that you might have him back forever, ^16 (K)no longer as a bondservant^[b] but more than a bondservant, as ^(L)a beloved brother—especially to me, but how much more to you, ^(M)both in the flesh and in the Lord.

¹⁷ So if you consider me ^(N)your partner, receive him as you would receive me. ¹⁸ If he has wronged you at all, or owes you anything, charge that to my account. ^19 (O)I, Paul, write this with my own hand: I will repay it—to say nothing of your owing me even your own self. ²⁰ Yes, brother, I want some benefit from you in the Lord. ^(P)Refresh my heart in Christ.