Jeremiah 36:12-25

12he then went down to the king’s house, into the scribe’s chamber; and there all the princes were sitting—Elishama the scribe, Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, Elnathan the son of Achbor, Gemariah the son of Shaphan, Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, and all the princes.

13Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard when Baruch read the book in the hearing of the people.

14Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, to Baruch, saying, “Take in your hand the scroll from which you have read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand and came to them.

15And they said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.

16Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, that they looked in fear from one to another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”

17And they asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words—at his instruction?”

18So Baruch answered them, “He proclaimed with his mouth all these words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the book.”

19Then the princes said to Baruch, “Go and hide, you and Jeremiah; and let no one know where you are.”

20And they went to the king, into the court; but they stored the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the hearing of the king.

21So the king sent Jehudi to bring the scroll, and he took it from Elishama the scribe’s chamber. And Jehudi read it in the hearing of the king and in the hearing of all the princes who stood beside the king.

22Now the king was sitting in the winter house in the ninth month, with a fire burning on the hearth before him.

23And it happened, when Jehudi had read three or four columns, that the king cut it with the scribe’s knife and cast it into the fire that was on the hearth, until all the scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

24Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, the king nor any of his servants who heard all these words.

25Nevertheless Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah implored the king not to burn the scroll; but he would not listen to them.