Jeremiah 36:20-26
New Revised Standard Version Updated Edition
Jehoiakim Burns the Scroll
20 Leaving the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the secretary, they went to the court of the king, and they reported all the words in the hearing of the king. 21 Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the secretary, and Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who stood beside the king.(A) 22 Now the king was sitting in his winter apartment (it was the ninth month), and there was a fire burning in the brazier before him.(B) 23 As Jehudi read three or four columns, he would cut them off with a penknife and throw them into the fire in the brazier, until the entire scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. 24 Yet neither the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words was alarmed, nor did they tear their garments.(C) 25 Even when Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.(D) 26 And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son and Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest the secretary Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.(E)
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Jeremiah 36:20-26
International Standard Version
The King Burns Jeremiah’s Scroll
20 The officials[a] went to the king in the courtyard, but they deposited the scroll in the office of Elishama the scribe. Then they reported everything written on the scroll[b] to the king. 21 The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the office of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi read it to the king[c] and to all the officials who were standing beside the king. 22 The king was sitting in the winter palace in the ninth month and a stove[d] was burning in front of him.[e] 23 As Jehudi would read three or four columns, the king[f] would cut it with a scribe’s knife and throw it into the fire which was in the stove, until all the scroll was burned[g] in the fire in the stove. 24 The king and all his officials[h] who were listening to these words were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments. 25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. 26 The king ordered his[i] son Jerahmeel, Azriel’s son Seraiah, and Abdeel’s son Shelemiah to get Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord had hidden them.
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- Jeremiah 36:20 Lit. They
- Jeremiah 36:20 Lit. reported all the words
- Jeremiah 36:21 Lit. in the hearing of the king
- Jeremiah 36:22 Or brazier
- Jeremiah 36:22 Or a fire was burning in the stove in front of him
- Jeremiah 36:23 Lit. he
- Jeremiah 36:23 Lit. until the completion of the scroll
- Jeremiah 36:24 Or servants
- Jeremiah 36:26 Lit. the king’s
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