Jeremiah 36
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Jeremiah 36:5-10

5And JeremiahH3414 commandedH6680 BaruchH1263, sayingH559, I am shut upH6113; I cannotH3201 goH935 into the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068: 6Therefore goH935 thou, and readH7121 in the scrollH4039, which thou hast writtenH3789 from my mouthH6310, the wordsH1697 of the LORDH3068 in the earsH241 of the peopleH5971 in the LORD’SH3068 houseH1004 upon the dayH3117 of fastingH6685: and also thou shalt readH7121 them in the earsH241 of all JudahH3063 that come outH935 of their citiesH5892. 7It may be they will presentH5307 their supplicationH8467 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068, and will returnH7725 every oneH376 from his evilH7451 wayH1870: for greatH1419 is the angerH639 and the furyH2534 that the LORDH3068 hath pronouncedH1696 against this peopleH5971.1 8And BaruchH1263 the sonH1121 of NeriahH5374 didH6213 according to all that JeremiahH3414 the prophetH5030 commandedH6680 him, readingH7121 in the bookH5612 the wordsH1697 of the LORDH3068 in the LORD’SH3068 houseH1004.

9And it came to pass in the fifthH2549 yearH8141 of JehoiakimH3079 the sonH1121 of JosiahH2977 kingH4428 of JudahH3063, in the ninthH8671 monthH2320, that they proclaimedH7121 a fastH6685 beforeH6440 the LORDH3068 to all the peopleH5971 in JerusalemH3389, and to all the peopleH5971 that cameH935 from the citiesH5892 of JudahH3063 to JerusalemH3389. 10Then BaruchH1263 readH7121 in the bookH5612 the wordsH1697 of JeremiahH3414 in the houseH1004 of the LORDH3068, in the chamberH3957 of GemariahH1587 the sonH1121 of ShaphanH8227 the scribeH5608, in the higherH5945 courtH2691, at the entranceH6607 of the newH2319 gateH8179 of the LORD’SH3068 houseH1004, in the earsH241 of all the peopleH5971.2

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  1. 1. Jeremiah 36:7 they...: Heb. their supplication shall fail ↩
  2. 2. Jeremiah 36:10 entry: or, door ↩

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Revised Webster's Bible — 1833 — Public Domain