Jeremiah:35-36,

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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 : * '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 .' * 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 ; * 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 ; * 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 .' * 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 ; * 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 . * 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 ; * nor to build houses for us to dwell in , neither to have vineyard , or field , or seed ; * but we have dwelt in tents , and have hearkened , and done according to all that Jonadab our father commanded us . * 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 .' * Then came the word of the LORD unto Jeremiah , saying : * '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 . * 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 . * 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 . * 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 ; * 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 .' * 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 ; * 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 .' * 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 : * '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 . * 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 .' * 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 . * And Jeremiah commanded Baruch , saying : 'I am detained , I cannot go into the house of the LORD ; * 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 . * 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 .' * 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 . * 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 . * 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 . * And when Micaiah the son of Gemariah , the son of Shaphan , had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD , * 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 . * Then Micaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard , when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people . * 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 . * And they said unto him : 'Sit down now , and read it in our ears .' So Baruch read it in their ears . * 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 .' * And they asked Baruch , saying : 'Tell us now : How didst thou write all these words at his mouth ?' * Then Baruch answered them : 'He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth , and I wrote them with ink in the book .' * Then said the princes unto Baruch : 'Go , hide thee , thou and Jeremiah , and let no man know where ye are .' * 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 . * 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 . * Now the king was sitting in the winter-house in the ninth month ; and the brazier was burning before him . * 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 . * Yet they were not afraid , nor rent their garments , neither the king , nor any of his servants that heard all these words . * Moreover Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had entreated the king not to burn the roll ; but he would not hear them . * 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 . * 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 : * '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 . * 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 ? * 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 . * 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 .' * 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 . * 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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