¹¹ Micaiah son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, heard all the messages from the Lord that were on the scroll. ¹² Micaiah went down to the ·royal secretary’s [scribe’s] room in the king’s ·palace [^Lhouse] where all of the officers were sitting: Elishama the ·royal secretary [scribe]; Delaiah son of Shemaiah; Elnathan son of Acbor [2 Kin. 22:8–10]; Gemariah son of Shaphan; Zedekiah son of Hananiah; and all the other officers. ¹³ Micaiah told those officers everything he had heard Baruch read to the people from the scroll.

¹⁴ Then the officers sent a man named Jehudi son of Nethaniah to Baruch. (Nethaniah was the son of Shelemiah, who was the son of Cushi.) Jehudi said to Baruch, “·Bring [^LTake in your hand] the scroll that you read ·to [^Lin the ears of] the people and come with me.”

So Baruch son of Neriah took in his hand the scroll and went with Jehudi to the officers. ¹⁵ Then the officers said to Baruch, “Please sit down and read the scroll ·to us [^Lin our ears].”

So Baruch read the scroll ·to them [^Lin their ears] . ¹⁶ When the officers heard all the words, they became afraid and looked at each other. They said to Baruch, “We must certainly tell the king about these words.” ¹⁷ Then the officers asked Baruch, “Tell us, please, ·where did you get all these words you wrote on the scroll [^Lhow did you write all these words]? ·Did you write down what Jeremiah said to you [At his dictation; ^LFrom his mouth]?”

¹⁸ “Yes,” Baruch answered. “Jeremiah spoke them ·all to me [^Lfrom his mouth], and I wrote them down with ink on this scroll.”

¹⁹ Then the officers said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must go and hide, and ·don’t tell anyone [^Lno one must know] where you are.”