¹¹ When Micaiah, Gemariah’s son and Shaphan’s grandson, heard all the Lord’s words from the scroll, ¹² he went down to the scribes’ chamber in the royal palace. There he found all the officials meeting together: Elishama the scribe; Delaiah, Shemaiah’s son; Elnathan, Achbor’s son; Gemariah, Shaphan’s son; Zedekiah, Hananiah’s son, and all the other officials. ¹³ Micaiah told them all the words he heard Baruch read from the scroll before the people.

¹⁴ Then all the officials sent Jehudi, Nethaniah’s son and Shelemiah’s grandson, and Cushi’s great-grandson, to Baruch: “Take the scroll you read to the people and come with me.”

So Baruch, Neriah’s son, took the scroll and went to the officials. ¹⁵ They said to him, “Sit down and read it to us.” So Baruch read it to them. ¹⁶ When they heard all its words, they were alarmed and said to Baruch: “We must at once report all this to the king!” ¹⁷ Then they asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you write all these words? Did they come from Jeremiah?”

¹⁸ Baruch replied, “He dictated all the words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the scroll.”

¹⁹ The officials then said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah had better go and hide. And don’t let anyone know where you are.”