Jeremiah 36
New International Version
Jehoiakim Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll
36 In the fourth year of Jehoiakim(A) son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord: 2 “Take a scroll(B) and write on it all the words(C) I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah and all the other nations from the time I began speaking to you in the reign of Josiah(D) till now. 3 Perhaps(E) when the people of Judah hear(F) about every disaster I plan to inflict on them, they will each turn(G) from their wicked ways; then I will forgive(H) their wickedness and their sin.”
4 So Jeremiah called Baruch(I) son of Neriah,(J) and while Jeremiah dictated(K) all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.(L) 5 Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple. 6 So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting(M) and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated.(N) Read them to all the people of Judah(O) who come in from their towns. 7 Perhaps they will bring their petition(P) before the Lord and will each turn(Q) from their wicked ways, for the anger(R) and wrath pronounced against this people by the Lord are great.”
8 Baruch son of Neriah did everything Jeremiah the prophet told him to do; at the Lord’s temple he read the words of the Lord from the scroll. 9 In the ninth month(S) of the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, a time of fasting(T) before the Lord was proclaimed for all the people in Jerusalem and those who had come from the towns of Judah. 10 From the room of Gemariah(U) son of Shaphan(V) the secretary,(W) which was in the upper courtyard at the entrance of the New Gate(X) of the temple, Baruch read to all the people at the Lord’s temple the words of Jeremiah from the scroll.
11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the Lord from the scroll, 12 he went down to the secretary’s(Y) room in the royal palace, where all the officials were sitting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan(Z) son of Akbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.(AA) 13 After Micaiah told them everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll, 14 all the officials sent Jehudi(AB) son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to say to Baruch, “Bring the scroll(AC) from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah went to them with the scroll in his hand. 15 They said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.”
So Baruch read it to them. 16 When they heard all these words, they looked at each other in fear(AD) and said to Baruch, “We must report all these words to the king.” 17 Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write(AE) all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it?”
18 “Yes,” Baruch replied, “he dictated(AF) all these words to me, and I wrote them in ink on the scroll.”
19 Then the officials(AG) said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah, go and hide.(AH) Don’t let anyone know where you are.”
20 After they put the scroll in the room of Elishama the secretary, they went to the king in the courtyard and reported everything to him. 21 The king sent Jehudi(AI) to get the scroll, and Jehudi brought it from the room of Elishama the secretary and read it to the king(AJ) and all the officials standing beside him. 22 It was the ninth month and the king was sitting in the winter apartment,(AK) with a fire burning in the firepot in front of him. 23 Whenever Jehudi had read three or four columns of the scroll,(AL) the king cut them off with a scribe’s knife and threw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll was burned in the fire.(AM) 24 The king and all his attendants who heard all these words showed no fear,(AN) nor did they tear their clothes.(AO) 25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah(AP) and Gemariah(AQ) urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. 26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest(AR) Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden(AS) them.
27 After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation,(AT) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 28 “Take another scroll(AU) and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up. 29 Also tell Jehoiakim king of Judah, ‘This is what the Lord says: You burned that scroll and said, “Why did you write on it that the king of Babylon would certainly come and destroy this land and wipe from it(AV) both man and beast?”(AW) 30 Therefore this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim(AX) king of Judah: He will have no one to sit on the throne of David; his body will be thrown out(AY) and exposed(AZ) to the heat by day and the frost by night.(BA) 31 I will punish him and his children(BB) and his attendants for their wickedness; I will bring on them and those living in Jerusalem and the people of Judah every disaster(BC) I pronounced against them, because they have not listened.(BD)’”
32 So Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to the scribe Baruch son of Neriah, and as Jeremiah dictated,(BE) Baruch wrote(BF) on it all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned(BG) in the fire. And many similar words were added to them.
Jeremias 36
Ang Dating Biblia (1905)
36 At nangyari nang ikaapat na taon ni Joacim na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda, na ang salitang ito ay dumating kay Jeremias na mula sa Panginoon, na nagsasabi,
2 Kumuha ka ng isang balumbon, at iyong isulat doon ang lahat na salita na aking sinalita sa iyo laban sa Israel, at laban sa Juda, at laban sa lahat ng mga bansa, mula nang araw na magsalita ako sa iyo, mula nang kaarawan ni Josias, hanggang sa araw na ito.
3 Marahil ay maririnig ng sangbahayan ni Juda ang lahat na kasamaan na aking pinanukalang gawin sa kanila; upang humiwalay bawa't isa sa kanila sa kaniyang masamang lakad; upang aking maipatawad ang kanilang kasamaan at ang kanilang kasalanan.
4 Nang magkagayo'y tinawag ni Jeremias si Baruch na anak ni Nerias; at sinulat ni Baruch ang lahat ng salita ng Panginoon na mula sa bibig ni Jeremias, na sinalita niya sa kaniya, sa balumbon.
5 At si Jeremias ay nagutos kay Baruch, na nagsasabi, Ako'y nakukulong; hindi ako makapasok sa bahay ng Panginoon:
6 Kaya't pumaroon ka, at basahin mo sa balumbon, ang iyong isinulat na mula sa aking bibig, ang mga salita ng Panginoon sa mga pakinig ng bayan sa bahay ng Panginoon sa kaarawan ng pagaayuno; at iyo ring babasahin sa mga pakinig ng buong Juda na lumabas sa kanilang mga bayan.
7 Marahil ay maghaharap sila ng kanilang daing sa harap ng Panginoon, at hihiwalay bawa't isa sa kaniyang masamang lakad; sapagka't malaki ang galit at ang kapusukan na sinalita ng Panginoon laban sa bayang ito.
8 At ginawa ni Baruch na anak ni Nerias ang ayon sa lahat na iniutos sa kaniya ni Jeremias na propeta, na binasa sa aklat ang mga salita ng Panginoon sa bahay ng Panginoon.
9 Nangyari nga nang ikalimang taon ni Joacim na anak ni Josias, na hari sa Juda nang ikasiyam na buwan, na ang buong bayan sa Jerusalem, at ang buong bayan na nanggaling sa mga bayan ng Juda sa Jerusalem, ay nagtanyag ng ayuno sa harap ng Panginoon.
10 Nang magkagayo'y binasa ni Baruch sa balumbon ang mga salita ni Jeremias sa bahay ng Panginoon, sa silid ni Gemarias na anak ni Saphan na kalihim, sa mataas na looban sa pasukan ng bagong pintuang-daan ng bahay ng Panginoon, sa mga pakinig ng buong bayan.
11 At nang marinig ni Micheas na anak ni Gemarias, na anak ni Saphan, ang lahat na salita ng Panginoon mula sa aklat,
12 Siya'y bumaba sa bahay ng hari, sa loob ng silid ng kalihim: at, narito, lahat ng prinsipe ay nangakaupo roon, si Elisama na kalihim, at si Delaias na anak ni Semeias, at si Elnathan na anak ni Achbor, at si Gemarias na anak ni Saphan, at si Sedechias na anak ni Ananias, at ang lahat na prinsipe.
13 Nang magkagayo'y ipinahayag ni Micheas sa kaniya ang lahat na salita na kaniyang narinig, nang basahin ni Baruch ang aklat sa mga pakinig ng bayan.
14 Kaya't sinugo ng lahat na prinsipe si Jehudi na anak ni Nethanias, na anak ni Selemias, na anak ni Chusi, kay Baruch, na nagsasabi, Tangnan mo sa iyong kamay ang balumbon na iyong binasa sa mga pakinig ng bayan, at parito ka. Sa gayo'y tinangnan ni Baruch na anak ni Nerias ang balumbon sa kaniyang kamay, at naparoon sa kanila.
15 At sinabi nila sa kaniya, Ikaw ay umupo ngayon, at basahin mo sa aming mga pakinig. Sa gayo'y binasa ni Baruch sa kanilang pakinig.
16 Nangyari nga, nang kanilang marinig ang lahat na salita, sila'y nagharapharapan sa takot, at nagsabi kay Baruch, Tunay na aming sasalitain sa hari ang lahat na salitang ito?
17 At kanilang tinanong si Baruch, na sinasabi, Iyong saysayin ngayon sa amin, Paanong isinulat mo ang lahat ng salitang ito sa kaniyang bibig?
18 Nang magkagayo'y sumagot si Baruch sa kanila, Kaniyang sinalita ang lahat na salitang ito sa akin ng kaniyang bibig, at aking isinulat ng tinta sa aklat.
19 Nang magkagayo'y sinabi ng mga prinsipe kay Baruch, Yumaon ka, magtago ka, ikaw at si Jeremias, at huwag maalaman ng tao ang inyong karoroonan.
20 At kanilang pinasok ang hari sa looban; nguni't kanilang inilagay ang balumbon sa silid ni Elisama na kalihim; at kanilang isinaysay ang lahat na salita sa mga pakinig ng hari.
21 Sa gayo'y sinugo ng hari si Jehudi upang kunin ang balumbon; at kaniyang kinuha sa silid ni Elisama na kalihim. At binasa ni Jehudi sa mga pakinig ng hari, at sa mga pakinig ng lahat na prinsipe na nangakatayo sa tabi ng hari.
22 Ang hari nga ay nakaupo sa bahay na tagginaw sa ikasiyam na buwan: at may apoy sa apuyan na nagniningas sa harap niya.
23 At nangyari, ng mabasa ni Jehudi ang tatlo o apat na dahon, na pinutol ng hari ng lanseta, at inihagis sa apoy na nasa apuyan, hanggang sa masupok ang buong balumbon sa apoy na nasa apuyan.
24 At sila'y hindi nangatakot o hinapak man nila ang kanilang mga suot, maging ang hari, o ang sinoman sa kaniyang mga lingkod na nakarinig ng lahat ng salitang ito.
25 Bukod dito'y si Elnathan, at si Delaias, at si Gemarias ay namanhik sa hari na huwag niyang sunugin ang balumbon; nguni't hindi niya dininig sila.
26 At nagutos ang hari kay Jerameel na anak ng hari, at kay Seraias na anak ni Azriel, at kay Selemias na anak ni Abdeel, upang hulihin si Baruch na kalihim at si Jeremias na propeta: nguni't ikinubli ng Panginoon.
27 Nang magkagayo'y dumating ang salita ng Panginoon kay Jeremias pagkatapos na masunog ng hari ang balumbon, at ang mga salita na sinulat ni Baruch na mula sa bibig ni Jeremias, na nagsasabi:
28 Kumuha ka uli ng ibang balumbon, at sulatan mo ng lahat na dating salita na nasa unang balumbon na sinunog ni Joacim na hari sa Juda.
29 At tungkol kay Joacim na hari sa Juda ay iyong sasabihin, Ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, Iyong sinunog ang balumbon na ito, na iyong sinasabi, Bakit mo isinulat doon, na sinasabi, Tunay na ang hari sa Babilonia ay paririto at sisirain ang lupaing ito, at papaglilikatin dito ang tao at ang hayop?
30 Kaya't ganito ang sabi ng Panginoon, tungkol kay Joacim na hari sa Juda, Siya'y mawawalan ng uupo sa luklukan ni David; at ang kaniyang bangkay sa araw ay mahahagis sa init, at sa gabi ay sa hamog.
31 At aking parurusahan siya at ang kaniyang binhi at ang kaniyang mga lingkod dahil sa kanilang kasamaan; at aking dadalhin sa kanila, at sa mga nananahan sa Jerusalem, at sa mga tao ng Juda, ang buong kasamaan na aking sinalita laban sa kanila, nguni't hindi nila dininig.
32 Nang magkagayo'y kumuha si Jeremias ng ibang balumbon, at ibinigay kay Baruch na kalihim, na anak ni Nerias, na sumulat doon ng mula sa bibig ni Jeremias ng lahat ng mga salita ng aklat na sinunog sa apoy ni Joacim na hari sa Juda; at nagdagdag pa sa mga yaon ng maraming gayong salita.
Jeremiah 36
Living Bible
36 In the fourth year of the reign of King Jehoiakim[a] of Judah (son of Josiah) the Lord gave this message to Jeremiah:
2 “Get a scroll and write down all my messages against Israel, Judah, and the other nations. Begin with the first message back in the days of Josiah, and write down every one of them. 3 Perhaps when the people of Judah see in writing all the terrible things I will do to them, they will repent. And then I can forgive them.”
4 So Jeremiah sent for Baruch (son of Neriah), and as Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote down all the prophecies.
5 When all was finished, Jeremiah said to Baruch, “Since I am a prisoner here, 6 you read the scroll in the Temple on the next day of fasting, for on that day people will be there from all over Judah. 7 Perhaps even yet they will turn from their evil ways and ask the Lord to forgive them before it is too late, even though these curses of God have been pronounced upon them.”
8 Baruch did as Jeremiah told him to and read all these messages to the people at the Temple. 9 This occurred on the day of fasting held in December of the fifth year of the reign of King Jehoiakim (son of Josiah). People came from all over Judah to attend the services at the Temple that day. 10 Baruch went to the office of Gemariah the scribe (son of Shaphan) to read the scroll. (This room was just off the upper assembly hall of the Temple, near the door of the New Gate.)
11 When Micaiah (son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan) heard the messages from God, 12 he went down to the palace to the conference room where the administrative officials were meeting. Elishama (the scribe) was there, as well as Delaiah (son of Shemaiah), Elnathan (son of Achbor), Gemariah (son of Shaphan), Zedekiah (son of Hananiah), and all the others with similar responsibilities. 13 When Micaiah told them about the messages Baruch was reading to the people, 14-15 the officials sent Jehudi (son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi) to ask Baruch to come and read the messages to them too, and Baruch did.
16 By the time he finished they were badly frightened. “We must tell the king,” they said. 17 “But first, tell us how you got these messages. Did Jeremiah himself dictate them to you?” 18 So Baruch explained that Jeremiah had dictated them to him word by word, and he had written them down in ink upon the scroll. 19 “You and Jeremiah both hide,” the officials said to Baruch. “Don’t tell a soul where you are!” 20 Then the officials hid the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe and went to tell the king.
21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll. Jehudi brought it from Elishama the scribe and read it to the king as all his officials stood by. 22 The king was in a winterized part of the palace at the time, sitting in front of a fireplace,[b] for it was December and cold. 23 And whenever Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king would take his knife, slit off the section, and throw it into the fire, until the whole scroll was destroyed. 24-25 And no one protested except Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah. They pled with the king not to burn the scroll, but he wouldn’t listen to them. Not another of the king’s officials showed any signs of fear or anger at what he had done.
26 Then the king commanded Jerahmeel (a member of the royal family[c]) and Seraiah (son of Azriel) and Shelemiah (son of Abdeel) to arrest Baruch and Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them!
27 After the king had burned the scroll, the Lord said to Jeremiah: 28 Get another scroll and write everything again just as you did before, 29 and say this to the king: “This is what the Lord says! You burned the scroll because it said the king of Babylon would destroy this country and everything in it. 30 And now the Lord adds this concerning you, Jehoiakim, king of Judah: He shall have no one to sit upon the throne[d] of David. His dead body shall be thrown out to the hot sun and frosty nights, 31 and I will punish him and his family and his officials because of their sins. I will pour out upon them all the evil I promised—upon them and upon all the people of Judah and Jerusalem, for they wouldn’t listen to my warnings.”
32 Then Jeremiah took another scroll and dictated again to Baruch all he had written before, only this time the Lord added a lot more!
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 36:1 In the fourth year of . . . King Jehoiakim. Probably in the summer of 605 B.C., shortly after Nebuchadnezzar’s victory over the Egyptian army at Carchemish.
- Jeremiah 36:22 sitting in front of a fireplace, more literally, “sitting in front of a large brazier in which a fire was burning.”
- Jeremiah 36:26 a member of the royal family, i.e., “a son of the king.”
- Jeremiah 36:30 He shall have no one to sit upon the throne. A three-month interregnum by his son Jehoiachin (also called Coniah and Jeconiah) evidently did not qualify as “sitting on the throne” under the meaning of permanence in the Hebrew expression used here.
Jeremiah 36
King James Version
36 And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came unto Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
2 Take thee a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
3 It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them; that they may return every man from his evil way; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
4 Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord, which he had spoken unto him, upon a roll of a book.
5 And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord:
6 Therefore go thou, and read in the roll, which thou hast written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord's house upon the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
7 It may be they will present their supplication before the Lord, and will return every one from his evil way: for great is the anger and the fury that the Lord hath pronounced against this people.
8 And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of the Lord in the Lord's house.
9 And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the Lord to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
10 Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the Lord's house, in the ears of all the people.
11 When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord,
12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, even 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 princes.
13 Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
14 Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
15 And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
16 Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
17 And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
18 Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
19 Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
20 And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
21 So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
22 Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
23 And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.
24 Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
25 Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
26 But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord hid them.
27 Then the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,
28 Take thee again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned.
29 And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the Lord; Thou hast burned this roll, saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
30 Therefore thus saith the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David: and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat, and in the night to the frost.
31 And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for their iniquity; and I will bring upon them, and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem, and upon the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them; but they hearkened not.
32 Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah; who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them many like words.
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