Jeremiah 36:1-7

1In the 1fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying, 2“Take a 23scroll and write on it all the 4words which I have spoken to you concerning 5Israel, Judah, and all the 6nations, from the 7day I first spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day. 38Perhaps the house of Judah will listen to all the disaster which I plan to carry out against them, so that every person will 9turn from his evil way; then I will 10forgive their wrongdoing and their sin.”

4Then Jeremiah called 11Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a 1213scroll 14at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which He had spoken to him. 5Jeremiah then commanded Baruch, saying, “I am 1516restricted; I cannot go into the house of the Lord. 6So you go and 17read from the scroll, which you have 18written 19at my dictation, the words of the Lord 20to the people at the Lord’s house on a day of 21fasting. And you shall also read them 22to all the people of Judah who come from their cities. 723Perhaps their pleading will 24come before the Lord, and everyone will turn from his evil way; for 25great is the anger and the wrath that the Lord has pronounced against this people.”