11 Now when (A)Micaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard all the words of the Lord from the book, 12 he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there—(B)Elishama the scribe, (C)Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, (D)Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. 13 And Micaiah (E)declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people. 14 Then all the officials sent (F)Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, who was the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah (G)took the scroll in his hand and came to them. 15 And they said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch (H)read it to them. 16 When they had heard all the words, they turned in (I)fear one to another. And they said to Baruch, “We will certainly (J)report all these words to the king.” 17 Then they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us, please, (K)how did you write all these words? Was it [a]at Jeremiah’s dictation?” 18 And Baruch said to them, “He (L)dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.” 19 Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go, (M)hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.”

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 36:17 Lit from his mouth

11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah and grandson of Shaphan heard the messages from the Lord, 12 he went down to the secretary’s room in the palace where the administrative officials were meeting. Elishama the secretary was there, along with Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Acbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. 13 When Micaiah told them about the messages Baruch was reading to the people, 14 the officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, grandson of Shelemiah and great-grandson of Cushi, to ask Baruch to come and read the messages to them, too. So Baruch took the scroll and went to them. 15 “Sit down and read the scroll to us,” the officials said, and Baruch did as they requested.

16 When they heard all the messages, they looked at one another in alarm. “We must tell the king what we have heard,” they said to Baruch. 17 “But first, tell us how you got these messages. Did they come directly from Jeremiah?”

18 So Baruch explained, “Jeremiah dictated them, and I wrote them down in ink, word for word, on this scroll.”

19 “You and Jeremiah should both hide,” the officials told Baruch. “Don’t tell anyone where you are!”

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