(A)In the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, (B)in the ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem (C)proclaimed a fast before the Lord. 10 Then, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read the words of Jeremiah from the scroll, in the house of the Lord, in (D)the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the secretary, which was in the upper court, at the entry of the New Gate of the Lord's house.

11 When Micaiah the son of Gemariah, son of (E)Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, 12 he went down to the king's house, into the secretary's chamber, and (F)all the officials were sitting there: (G)Elishama the secretary, (H)Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, (I)Elnathan (J)the son of Achbor, (K)Gemariah the son of (L)Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the officials. 13 And Micaiah told them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the scroll in the hearing of the people.

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