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Jeremiah instructed Baruch, “I’m confined and can’t go to the Lord’s Temple. You go and read the words of the Lord that you wrote at my dictation from the scroll. Read them[a] to[b] the people at the Lord’s Temple on the fast day. Also read them to all the people of Judah who are coming from their towns. Perhaps their pleas for help will come to the Lord’s attention, and each of them will turn from his evil lifestyle in light of the great anger and wrath that the Lord has declared against this people.”

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  1. Jeremiah 36:6 The Heb. lacks Read them
  2. Jeremiah 36:6 Lit. scroll in the hearing of

Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple. So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting(A) and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated.(B) Read them to all the people of Judah(C) who come in from their towns. Perhaps they will bring their petition(D) before the Lord and will each turn(E) from their wicked ways, for the anger(F) and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great.”

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