Jeremiah 36:11-19

Evangelical Heritage Version

¹¹ When Micaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, ¹² he went into the secretary’s room in the king’s palace. All the officials happened to be sitting there: 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 Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people. ¹⁴ Then all the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to tell Baruch, “Bring the scroll you have read in the hearing of the people, and come here.”

So Baruch son of Neriah brought the scroll in his hand and went to them. ¹⁵ They said, “Please sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them.

¹⁶ When they had heard everything, they turned to one another in fear. They said to Baruch, “We have to report all of these things to the king.” ¹⁷ They asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write all of this? Did Jeremiah dictate this to you?”

¹⁸ Baruch answered, “He dictated^[a] all of these things to me, and I wrote them with ink on the scroll.”

¹⁹ Then the officials said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go and hide. Do not let anyone know where you are.”