Jeremiah:33-36
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Moreover the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah the second time ,
while he was yet shut up in the court of the guard ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD the Maker thereof ,
the LORD that formed it to establish it ,
the LORD is His name :
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Call unto Me ,
and I will answer thee ,
and will tell thee great things ,
and hidden ,
which thou knowest not .
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For thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel ,
concerning the houses of this city ,
and concerning the houses of the kings of Judah ,
which are broken down for mounds ,
and for ramparts ;
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whereon they come to fight with the Chaldeans ,
even to fill them with the dead bodies of men ,
whom I have slain in Mine anger and in My fury ,
and for all whose wickedness I have hid My face from this city :
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Behold ,
I will bring it healing and cure ,
and I will cure them ;
and I will reveal unto them the abundance of peace and truth .
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And I will cause the captivity of Judah and the captivity of Israel to return ,
and will build them ,
as at the first .
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And I will cleanse them from all their iniquity ,
whereby they have sinned against Me ;
and I will pardon all their iniquities ,
whereby they have sinned against Me ,
and whereby they have transgressed against Me .
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And this city shall be to Me for a name of joy ,
for a praise and for a glory ,
before all the nations of the earth ,
which shall hear all the good that I do unto them ,
and shall fear and tremble for all the good and for all the peace that I procure unto it .
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Thus saith the LORD :
Yet again there shall be heard in this place ,
whereof ye say :
It is waste ,
without man and without beast ,
even in the cities of Judah ,
and in the streets of Jerusalem ,
that are desolate ,
without man and without inhabitant and without beast ,
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the voice of joy and the voice of gladness ,
the voice of the bridegroom and the voice of the bride ,
the voice of them that say : '
Give thanks to the LORD of hosts ,
for the LORD is good ,
for His mercy endureth for ever ',
even of them that bring offerings of thanksgiving into the house of the LORD .
For I will cause the captivity of the land to return as at the first ,
saith the LORD .
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts :
Yet again shall there be in this place ,
which is waste ,
without man and without beast ,
and in all the cities thereof ,
a habitation of shepherds causing their flocks to lie down .
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In the cities of the hill-country ,
in the cities of the Lowland ,
and in the cities of the South ,
and in the land of Benjamin ,
and in the places about Jerusalem ,
and in the cities of Judah ,
shall the flocks again pass under the hands of him that counteth them ,
saith the LORD .
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Behold ,
the days come ,
saith the LORD ,
that I will perform that good word which I have spoken concerning the house of Israel and concerning the house of Judah .
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In those days ,
and at that time ,
will I cause a shoot of righteousness to grow up unto David ;
and he shall execute justice and righteousness in the land .
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In those days shall Judah be saved ,
and Jerusalem shall dwell safely ;
and this is the name whereby she shall be called ,
the LORD is our righteousness .
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For thus saith the LORD :
There shall not be cut off unto David a man to sit upon the throne of the house of Israel ;
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neither shall there be cut off unto the priests the Levites a man before Me to offer burnt-offerings ,
and to burn meal-offerings ,
and to do sacrifice continually .
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And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD :
If ye can break My covenant with the day ,
and My covenant with the night ,
so that there should not be day and night in their season ;
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Then may also My covenant be broken with David My servant ,
that he should not have a son to reign upon his throne ;
and with the Levites the priests ,
My ministers .
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As the host of heaven cannot be numbered ,
neither the sand of the sea measured ;
so will I multiply the seed of David My servant ,
and the Levites that minister unto Me .
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And the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
saying :
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Considerest thou not what this people have spoken ,
saying :
The two families which the LORD did choose ,
He hath cast them off ?
and they contemn My people ,
that they should be no more a nation before them .
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Thus saith the LORD :
If My covenant be not with day and night ,
if I have not appointed the ordinances of heaven and earth ;
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then will I also cast away the seed of Jacob ,
and of David My servant ,
so that I will not take of his seed to be rulers over the seed of Abraham ,
Isaac ,
and Jacob ;
for I will cause their captivity to return ,
and will have compassion on them .'
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD ,
when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon ,
and all his army ,
and all the kingdoms of the land of his dominion ,
and all the peoples ,
fought against Jerusalem ,
and against all the cities thereof ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
Go ,
and speak to Zedekiah king of Judah ,
and tell him :
Thus saith the LORD :
Behold ,
I will give this city into the hand of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall burn it with fire ;
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and thou shalt not escape out of his hand ,
but shalt surely be taken ,
and delivered into his hand ;
and thine eyes shall behold the eyes of the king of Babylon ,
and he shall speak with thee mouth to mouth ,
and thou shalt go to Babylon .
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Yet hear the word of the LORD ,
O Zedekiah king of Judah :
Thus saith the LORD concerning thee :
Thou shalt not die by the sword ;
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thou shalt die in peace ;
and with the burnings of thy fathers ,
the former kings that were before thee ,
so shall they make a burning for thee ;
and they shall lament thee : '
Ah lord !'
for I have spoken the word ,
saith the LORD .
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Then Jeremiah the prophet spoke all these words unto Zedekiah king of Judah in Jerusalem ,
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when the king of Babylon '
s army fought against Jerusalem ,
and against all the cities of Judah that were left ,
against Lachish and against Azekah ;
for these alone remained of the cities of Judah as fortified cities .
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The word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD ,
after that the king Zedekiah had made a covenant with all the people that were at Jerusalem ,
to proclaim liberty unto them ;
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that every man should let his manservant ,
and every man his maidservant ,
being a Hebrew man or a Hebrew woman ,
go free ;
that none should make bondmen of them ,
even of a Jew his brother ;
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and all the princes and all the people hearkened ,
that had entered into the covenant to let every one his man-servant ,
and every one his maid-servant ,
go free ,
and not to make bondmen of them any more ;
they hearkened ,
and let them go ;
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but afterwards they turned ,
and caused the servants and the handmaids ,
whom they had let go free ,
to return ,
and brought them into subjection for servants and for handmaids ;
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therefore the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD ,
the God of Israel :
I made a covenant with your fathers in the day that I brought them forth out of the land of Egypt ,
out of the house of bondage ,
saying :
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At the end of seven years ye shall let go every man his brother that is a Hebrew ,
that hath been sold unto thee ,
and hath served thee six years ,
thou shalt let him go free from thee ';
but your fathers hearkened not unto Me ,
neither inclined their ear .
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And ye were now turned ,
and had done that which is right in Mine eyes ,
in proclaiming liberty every man to his neighbour ;
and ye had made a covenant before Me in the house whereon My name is called ;
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but ye turned and profaned My name ,
and caused every man his servant ,
and every man his handmaid ,
whom ye had let go free at their pleasure ,
to return ;
and ye brought them into subjection ,
to be unto you for servants and for handmaids .
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Therefore thus saith the LORD :
Ye have not hearkened unto Me ,
to proclaim liberty ,
every man to his brother ,
and every man to his neighbour ;
behold ,
I proclaim for you a liberty ,
saith the LORD ,
unto the sword ,
unto the pestilence ,
and unto the famine ;
and I will make you a horror unto all the kingdoms of the earth .
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And I will give the men that have transgressed My covenant ,
that have not performed the words of the covenant which they made before Me ,
when they cut the calf in twain and passed between the parts thereof ;
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the princes of Judah ,
and the princes of Jerusalem ,
the officers ,
and the priests ,
and all the people of the land ,
that passed between the parts of the calf ;
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I will even give them into the hand of their enemies ,
and into the hand of them that seek their life ;
and their dead bodies shall be for food unto the fowls of the heaven ,
and to the beasts of the earth .
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And Zedekiah king of Judah and his princes will I give into the hand of their enemies ,
and into the hand of them that seek their life ,
and into the hand of the king of Babylon '
s army ,
that are gone up from you .
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Behold ,
I will command ,
saith the LORD ,
and cause them to return to this city ;
and they shall fight against it ,
and take it ,
and burn it with fire ;
and I will make the cities of Judah a desolation ,
without inhabitant .
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The word which came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
saying :
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Go unto the house of the Rechabites ,
and speak unto them ,
and bring them into the house of the LORD ,
into one of the chambers ,
and give them wine to drink .'
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Then I took Jaazaniah the son of Jeremiah ,
the son of Habazziniah ,
and his brethren ,
and all his sons ,
and the whole house of the Rechabites ;
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and I brought them into the house of the LORD ,
into the chamber of the sons of Hanan the son of Igdaliah ,
the man of God ,
which was by the chamber of the princes ,
which was above the chamber of Maaseiah the son of Shallum ,
the keeper of the door ;
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and I set before the sons of the house of the Rechabites goblets full of wine ,
and cups ,
and I said unto them : '
Drink ye wine .'
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But they said : '
We will drink no wine ;
for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father commanded us ,
saying :
Ye shall drink no wine ,
neither ye ,
nor your sons ,
for ever ;
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neither shall ye build house ,
nor sow seed ,
nor plant vineyard ,
nor have any ;
but all your days ye shall dwell in tents ,
that ye may live many days in the land wherein ye sojourn .
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And we have hearkened to the voice of Jonadab the son of Rechab our father in all that he charged us ,
to drink no wine all our days ,
we ,
our wives ,
our sons ,
nor our daughters ;
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nor to build houses for us to dwell in ,
neither to have vineyard ,
or field ,
or seed ;
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but we have dwelt in tents ,
and have hearkened ,
and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us .
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But it came to pass ,
when Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon came up against the land ,
that we said :
Come ,
and let us go to Jerusalem for fear of the army of the Chaldeans ,
and for fear of the army of the Arameans ;
so we dwell at Jerusalem .'
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Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah ,
saying :
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Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Go ,
and say to the men of Judah and the inhabitants of Jerusalem :
Will ye not receive instruction to hearken to My words ?
saith the LORD .
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The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab ,
that he commanded his sons ,
not to drink wine ,
are performed ,
and unto this day they drink none ,
for they hearken to their father '
s commandment ;
but I have spoken unto you ,
speaking betimes and often ,
and ye have not hearkened unto Me .
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I have sent also unto you all My servants the prophets ,
sending them betimes and often ,
saying :
Return ye now every man from his evil way ,
and amend your doings ,
and go not after other gods to serve them ,
and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given to you and to your fathers ;
but ye have not inclined your ear ,
nor hearkened unto Me .
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Because the sons of Jonadab the son of Rechab have performed the commandment of their father which he commanded them ,
but this people hath not hearkened unto Me ;
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therefore thus saith the LORD ,
the God of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Behold ,
I will bring upon Judah and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem all the evil that I have pronounced against them ;
because I have spoken unto them ,
but they have not heard ,
and I have called unto them ,
but they have not answered .'
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And unto the house of the Rechabites Jeremiah said :
Thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
Because ye have hearkened to the commandment of Jonadab your father ,
and kept all his precepts ,
and done according unto all that he commanded you ;
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therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts ,
the God of Israel :
There shall not be cut off unto Jonadab the son of Rechab a man to stand before Me for ever .'
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And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
that this word came unto Jeremiah from the LORD ,
saying :
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Take thee a roll of a book ,
and write therein all the words that I have spoken unto thee against Israel ,
and against Judah ,
and against all the nations ,
from the day I spoke unto thee ,
from the days of Josiah ,
even unto this day .
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It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do unto them ;
that they may return every man from his evil way ,
and I may forgive their iniquity and their sin .'
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Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah ;
and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the LORD ,
which He had spoken unto him ,
upon a roll of a book .
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And Jeremiah commanded Baruch ,
saying : '
I am detained ,
I cannot go into the house of the LORD ;
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therefore go thou ,
and read in the roll ,
which thou hast written from my mouth ,
the words of the LORD in the ears of the people in the LORD '
S house upon a fast-day ;
and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities .
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It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD ,
and will return every one from his evil way ;
for great is the anger and the fury that the LORD hath pronounced against this people .'
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And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him ,
reading in the book the words of the LORD in the LORD '
S house .
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Now it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah ,
king of Judah ,
in the ninth month ,
that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD ,
all the people in Jerusalem ,
and all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem .
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Then did Baruch read in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD ,
in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe ,
in the upper court ,
at the entry of the new gate of the LORD '
S house ,
in the ears of all the people .
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And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah ,
the son of Shaphan ,
had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD ,
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he went down into the king '
s house ,
into the scribe '
s chamber ;
and ,
lo ,
all the princes sat there ,
even Elishama the scribe ,
and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah ,
and Elnathan the son of Achbor ,
and Gemariah the son of Shaphan ,
and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah ,
and all the princes .
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Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard ,
when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people .
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Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah ,
the son of Shelemiah ,
the son of Cushi ,
unto Baruch ,
saying : '
Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people ,
and come .'
So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand ,
and came unto them .
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And they said unto him : '
Sit down now ,
and read it in our ears .'
So Baruch read it in their ears .
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Now it came to pass ,
when they had heard all the words ,
they turned in fear one toward another ,
and said unto Baruch : '
We will surely tell the king of all these words .'
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And they asked Baruch ,
saying : '
Tell us now :
How didst thou write all these words at his mouth ?'
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Then Baruch answered them : '
He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth ,
and I wrote them with ink in the book .'
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Then said the princes unto Baruch : '
Go ,
hide thee ,
thou and Jeremiah ,
and let no man know where ye are .'
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And they went in to the king into the court ;
but they had deposited the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe ;
and they told all the words in the ears of the king .
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So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll ;
and he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe .
And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king ,
and in the ears of all the princes that stood beside the king .
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Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month ;
and the brazier was burning before him .
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And it came to pass ,
when Jehudi had read three or four columns ,
that he cut it with the penknife ,
and cast it into the fire that was in the brazier ,
until all the roll was consumed in the fire that was in the brazier .
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Yet they were not afraid ,
nor rent their garments ,
neither the king ,
nor any of his servants that heard all these words .
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Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll ;
but he would not hear them .
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And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king '
s son ,
and Seraiah the son of Azriel ,
and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel ,
to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet ;
but the LORD hid them .
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah ,
after that the king had burned the roll ,
and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah ,
saying :
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Take thee again another roll ,
and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll ,
which Jehoiakim the king of Judah hath burned .
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And concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah thou shalt say :
Thus saith the LORD :
Thou hast burned this roll ,
saying :
Why hast thou written therein ,
saying :
The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land ,
and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast ?
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Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah :
He shall have none to sit upon the throne of David ;
and his dead body shall be cast out in the day to the heat ,
and in the night to the frost .
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And I will visit upon him and his seed and his servants their iniquity ;
and I will bring upon them ,
and upon the inhabitants of Jerusalem ,
and upon the men of Judah ,
all the evil that I have pronounced against them ,
but they hearkened not .'
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Then took Jeremiah another roll ,
and gave it to Baruch the scribe ,
the son of Neriah ;
who wrote therein from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire ;
and there were added besides unto them many like words .
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And Zedekiah the son of Josiah reigned as king ,
instead of Coniah the son of Jehoiakim ,
whom Nebuchadrezzar king of Babylon made king in the land of Judah .
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