Jeremiah 36:27

Contemporary English Version (Anglicised) 2012

I had told Baruch what to write on that first scroll, but King Jehoiakim had burnt it. So the LORD told me

Cross References

Jeremiah 36:18

“Yes, Jeremiah did,” Baruch replied. “I wrote down just what he told me.”

Jeremiah 36:23

But every time Jehudi finished reading three or four columns, the king would tell him to cut them off with his penknife and throw them in the fire. Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, but he ignored them, and soon there was nothing left of it. The king and his servants listened to what was written on the scroll, but they were not afraid, and they did not tear their clothes in sorrow.

Jeremiah 36:4

I sent for Baruch son of Neriah and asked him to help me. I repeated everything the LORD had told me, and Baruch wrote it all down on a scroll.