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Jeremiah 36

1 Barúch writeth, as Ieremiáh enditeth, the boke of the curſes againſt Iudáh and Iſraél. 9 He is ſent with the boke vnto the people and readeth it before them all, 14 He is called before the rulers and readeth it before thẽ alſo. 23 The King caſteth it in the fyre. 28 There is another writen at the commandement of the Lord.
1.ANd in the fourth yere of Iehoiakím the ſonne of Ioſiáh King of Iudáh, came this worde vnto Ieremiáh from the Lord, ſaying,
2.Take thee a roole or boke, and write therein all the wordes that I haue ſpoken to thee againſt Iſraél, & againſt Iudáh, and againſt all the nacions, from the daie that I ſpake vnto thee, euen from the daies of Ioſiáh vnto this daie.
3.It maie be that the houſe of Iudáh wil heare of all the euil, which I determined to do vnto them that thei may returne euerie man from his euil waie, that I maie forgiue their iniquitie and their ſinnes.
4.Then Ieremiáh called Barúch the ſonne of Neriáh, and Barúch wrote at ye mouth of Ieremiáh all the wordes of the Lord, which he had ſpoken vnto him, vpõ a roole or boke.
5.And Ieremiáh cõmanded Barúch, ſaying, I am ſhut vp, & can not go into ye Houſe of the Lord.
6.Therefore go thou, and read the roole wherein thou haſt writen at my mouth the wordes of the Lord in the audience of the people in the Lords Houſe vpon the faſting day: alſo thou ſhalt read them in the hearing of all Iudáh, yt come out of their cities.
7.It may be that thei wil pray before the Lord, and euerie one returne from his euil way, for the angre & the wrath, that the Lord hathe declared againſt this people.
8.So Barúch the ſonne of Neriáh did according vnto all, that Ieremiáh ye Prophet commanded him, reading in the boke the wordes of the Lord in the Lords Houſe.
9.And in the fift yere of Iehoiakím the ſonne of Ioſiáh King of Iudáh, in the ninth moneth, they proclaimed a faſt before the Lord to all the people in Ieruſalém, and to all the people that came from the cities of Iudáh vnto Ieruſalém.
10.Then red Barúch in the boke the wordes of Ieremiáh in the Houſe of the Lord, in the chambre of Gemariáh the ſonne of Shaphán the ſecretarie, in the hier court at the entrie of the newe gate of the Lords Houſe, in the hearing of all the people.
11.When Michaiáh the ſonne of Gemariáh, the ſonne of Shaphán had heard out of the boke all the wordes of the Lord,
12.Then he went downe to the Kings houſe into the Chancellours chamber, and lo, all ye princes ſate there, euen Eliſhamá the Chancellour, & Delaiáh the ſonne of Shemaiáh, and Elnathán ye ſonne of Achbór, and Gemariáh the ſonne of Shaphán, and Zedekiáh the ſonne of Hananiáh, and all the princes.
13.Then Michaiáh declared vnto them all the wordes that he had heard whẽ Barúch red in the boke in the audience of the people.
14.Therefore all the princes ſent Iehudí the ſonne of Nethaniáh, the ſonne of Shelemiáh, the ſonne of Chuſhí, vnto Barúch, ſaying, Take in thine hand the roole, wherein thou haſt red in the audience of the people, and come. So Barúch the ſonne of Neriáh, toke the roole in his hand, and came vnto them.
15.And thei ſaid vnto him, Sit downe now, and read it, that we may heare. So Barúch red it in their audience.
16.Now when thei had heard all the wordes, they where afraied bothe one and other, and ſaid vnto Barúch, We wil certifie the King of all theſe wordes.
17.And thei examined Barúch, ſaying, Tel vs now, how dideſt yu write all theſe wordes at his mouth.
18.Then Barúch anſwered them, He pronounced all theſe wordes vnto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with yncke in the boke.
19.Then ſaid the princes vnto Barúch, Go, hide thee, thou and Ieremiáh, and let no man knowe where ye be.
20.¶ And thei wēt in to the Kīg to ye court, but thei laied vp ye roole in the chābre of Eliſhamá the Chancellour & tolde ye King all the wordes, that he might heare.
21.So the King ſent Iehudí to fct ye roole, & he toke it out of Eliſhamá the Chancellors chambre, and Iehudi red it in the audience of the King, and in the audience of all the princes, which ſtode beſide the King.
22.Now the King ſate in the winter houſe, in the ninth moneth, and there was a fyre burning before him.
23.And when Iehudi had red thre, or foure ſides, he cut it with the penknife and caſt it into the fyre, that was on the herth vntil all the roole was cōſumed in the fyre, that was on the herth.
24.Yet thei were not afraid, nor rent their garments, nether the King, nor any of his ſeruants, that heard all theſe wordes.
25.Neuertheles, Elnathán, and Delaiáh, and Gemariáh had beſoght the King, that he wolde not burne the roole: but he wolde not heare them.
26.But the King commanded Ierahmeél the ſonne of Hammélech, & Seraiáh the ſonne of Azriél, & Shelemiáh the ſonne of Abdiél, to take Baruch the ſcribe, and Ieremiáh the Prophet, but the Lord hid them.
27.¶ Then the worde of the Lord came to Ieremiáh (after that the King had burnt the roole and the wordes wc Barúch wrote at the mouth of Ieremiáh ) ſaying,
28.Take thee againe another roole and write in it all ye former wordes that were in the firſt roole which Iehoiakím ye King of Iudáh hathe burnt,
29.And yu ſhalt ſay to Iehoiakím Kīg of Iudáh, Thus ſaith ye Lord, Thou haſt burnt this roole, ſaying, Why haſt thou writen therein, ſayíg, that the King of Babél ſhal certeinly come and deſtroye this land, and ſhal take thence bothe man and beaſt?
30.Therefore thus ſaith the Lord of Iehoiakím King of Iudáh, He ſhal haue none to ſit vpon the throne of Dauid, and his dead bodie ſhalbe caſt out in the day to the heate, and in the night to the froſt.
31.And I wil viſite him and his ſede, and his ſeruātes for their iniquitie, & I wil bring vpon them, and vpon the inhabitants of Ieruſalém, & vpon the men of Iudáh all the euil that I haue pronouced againſt them: but they wolde not heare.
32.Then toke Ieremiáh another roole, and gaue it Barúch the ſcribe ye ſonne of Neriáh, which wrote therein at the mouth of Ieremiáh all the wordes of the boke which Iehoiakím Kīg of Iudáh had burnt in the fyre, and there were added beſides them many like wordes.

Notes

1:a.
Read Chap. 25, 1.
2:b.
Which were twenty and thre yere, as Cha 25,3 counting from the thirtenth yere of Ioſiahs reigne.
4:c.
As he did indite.
5:d.
Meaning, in priſo, through the malice of the Prieſtes.
6:e.
Which was proclaimed for feare of the Babylonians, as their cuſtome was when thei feared warre or any great plague of God:
7:f.
He ſheweth that faſting without praier and repentãce auaileth nothing, but is mere hypocriſie.
9:g.
The faſt was then proclaimed, and Barúch red this roole, which was a litle before that Ieruſalém was firſt taken, and then Iehoiakim and Daniel, and his cõpanions were led away captiues.
10:h.
Which is ye Eaſt gate of the Temple.
16:i.
The godlie were afraide, ſeing God ſo offended, & the wicked were aſtonied for ye horror of the puniſhement.
19:k.
Thei yt were godlie among the princes, gaue this counſel, by whoſe meanes it is like that Ieremiáh was deliuered: for thei knewe the rage of ye King and of yt wicked to be ſuche that they colde not eſcape without dāger of their liues.
22:l.
Which conteined parte of Nouēmber & parte of Decēber.
24:m.
Shewing, yt the wicked in ſtead of repēnting, when thei heare Gods iudgements, grow into farther malice againſt him and his worde.
26:n.
Thus we ſe the continual care, that God hathe euer ouer his to preſerue them frō the rageof the wicked.
28:o.
Thogh the wicked thike to haue aboliſhed the worde of God, when they haue burnt the boke thereof: yet this declareth that God wil not onely raiſe it vp againe, but alſo increaſe it in greater abundance to their condemnation, as verſ. 32.
29:p.
Theſe are Iehoiakims wordes
30:q.
Thogh Iehoiachín his ſōne ſucceded hī, yet becauſe he reigned but thre moneths, it was eſtemed as no reigne
30:r.
Read Chap. 22,19.