Jeremiah 36:12-25

12he went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber. And behold, all the officials were sitting there--1Elishama the scribe, 2Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, 3Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the other officials. 13And Micaiah 4declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read from the book to the people. 14Then all the officials sent 5Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, who was the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read to the people and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah 6took the scroll in his hand and came to them. 15And they said to him, “Sit down, please, and read it to us.” So Baruch 7read it to them. 16When they had heard all the words, they turned in 8fear one to another. And they said to Baruch, “We will certainly 9report all these words to the king.” 17Then they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us, please, 10how did you write all these words? Was it 11at Jeremiah’s dictation?” 18And Baruch said to them, “He 12dictated all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink on the book.” 19Then the officials said to Baruch, “Go, 13hide yourself, you and Jeremiah, and do not let anyone know where you are.”

20So they came to the 14king in the courtyard, but they had deposited the scroll in the chamber of 15Elishama the scribe; and they reported all the words to the king. 21Then the king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi 16read it to the king as well as to all the officials who were standing beside the king. 22Now the king was sitting in the 17winter house in the 18ninth month, with a fire burning in the brazier before him. 23And when Jehudi had read three or four columns, the king cut it with a scribe’s knife and 19threw it into the fire that was in the brazier, until all of the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier. 24Yet the king and all his servants who heard all these words did 20not tremble in fear, nor did they 21tear their garments. 25Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah 22urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.