Verse 5

Jeremiah 36:5

Free Bible Version

5 Then Jeremiah gave Baruch these instructions: “I'm a prisoner here so I can't go into the Lord's Temple.

Original Language Text

hebrew

וַ/יְצַוֶּ֣ה יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת בָּר֖וּךְ לֵ/אמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י עָצ֔וּר לֹ֣א אוּכַ֔ל לָ/ב֖וֹא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

English Translation

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, "I am restricted; I cannot go into the house of the Lord."

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Chapter 36 Context

1 This message from the Lord came to Jeremiah in the fourth year of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josi... Focus ↗

2 Get a scroll and write down everything I've told you condemning Israel, Judah, and all the other nat... Focus ↗

3 Maybe when the people of Judah hear about all the disasters I plan to bring down on them, everyone w... Focus ↗

4 So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah to come, and while Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote down on a... Focus ↗

5 Then Jeremiah gave Baruch these instructions: “I'm a prisoner here so I can't go into the Lord's Tem...

6 So you have to go to the Lord's Temple on a day when people are fasting, and read to them the Lord's... Focus ↗

7 Maybe they will come and ask the Lord for forgiveness, and all of them will stop their evil ways, fo... Focus ↗

8 Baruch son of Neriah did exactly what Jeremiah the prophet had told him to do. He went and read the... Focus ↗

9 This is how it happened. A fast to honor the Lord was declared involving all the people of Jerusalem... Focus ↗

10 Baruch read from the scroll what Jeremiah had dictated so that everyone could hear. He read it from... Focus ↗

11 When Micaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the Lord's messages read from the scroll, Focus ↗

12 he went down to the royal secretary's room in the king's palace, where all the officials had gathere... Focus ↗

13 The officials sent Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, to summon Baruch, tellin... Focus ↗

14 “Please sit down and read it to us,” they said. So Baruch read it to them. Focus ↗

15 After they'd heard everything, they were frightened and looked at each other. They said to Baruch, “... Focus ↗

16 Then they asked Baruch, “Now tell us, how did you come to write all this? Did Jeremiah dictate it to... Focus ↗

17 “Yes, he dictated it,” Baruch replied. “I wrote down in ink on the scroll everything he told me.” Focus ↗

18 The officials told Baruch, “You and Jeremiah are going to have to hide. Don't tell anyone where you... Focus ↗

19 Then the officials went to see the king in the courtyard. They had kept the scroll safe in Elishama... Focus ↗

20 The king sent Jehudi to fetch the scroll. He went and got it from Elishama the secretary's room. The... Focus ↗

21 Whenever Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, Jehoiakim would chop them off with a scribe'... Focus ↗

22 Despite hearing all these messages, the king and his attendants weren't frightened and didn't tear t... Focus ↗

23 Even when Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah pleaded with the king not to burn the scroll, he refused t... Focus ↗

24 In fact the king ordered Jerahmeel, one of the princes, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemi... Focus ↗

25 After the king burned the scroll Jeremiah had dictated to Baruch, a message from the Lord came to Je... Focus ↗

26 Regarding Jehoiakim king of Judah announce that this is what the Lord says: You have burned the scro... Focus ↗

27 So this is what the Lord says about Jehoiakim king of Judah: He won't have anyone to succeed him as... Focus ↗

28 I'm going to punish him and his descendants and officials for their sins. I will bring down on them... Focus ↗

29 Jeremiah got another scroll and gave it to Baruch. Jeremiah dictated everything that was in the scro... Focus ↗

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