Jeremiah Chapter 36
So, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, Josiah's son and king of Judah, God slid into Jeremiah's DMs with a message, like, "Yo."
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,
God was like, "Snag a scroll and jot down all the tea I spilled about Israel, Judah, and the other nations since Josiah was king, no cap."
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 spake unto thee, from the days of Josiah, even unto this day.
Judah might catch the vibes of my plans to dish out some consequences; maybe they'll bounce back from their sus ways, and I’ll forgive their mess-ups, fr.
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; that I may forgive their iniquity and their sin.
Jeremiah hit up Baruch, Neriah's son, and Baruch wrote down all the words that God threw at Jeremiah on a scroll, lit.
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.
Jeremiah was like, "I’m locked up; can’t roll to the Lord’s house right now."
And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I {am} shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
So, you gotta head over and read that scroll with God’s words to the people at the Lord's pad on fasting day; also share it with everyone in Judah coming from their spots.
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 the fasting day: and also thou shalt read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
Maybe they'll bring their prayers to God and ditch their shady vibes, 'cause the Lord’s mad vibes are lit against this crew.
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. {they...: Heb. their supplication shall fail}
Baruch, Neriah's son, handled his business and read the Lord's words in the Lord's house, periodt.
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.
In the fifth year of Jehoiakim, Josiah's son, king of Judah, in the ninth month, they called for a fast for everyone in Jerusalem and all the peeps from Judah's cities.
And 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 to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.
Then Baruch read Jeremiah's verses in the Lord's house, in Gemariah's chamber, the scribe, in the higher court, by the new gate, for all the people to catch.
Then read Baruch 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 higher court, at the entry of the new gate of the LORD'S house, in the ears of all the people. {entry: or, door}
So Michaiah, Gemariah's son, peeped all the Lord's words from the scroll, and it was a whole vibe.
When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
He pulled up to the king's crib, hit the scribe's room, and all the big shots were hanging there, like Elishama the scribe and the crew.
Then 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.
Michaiah dropped all the tea on what he heard when Baruch read the scroll to the peeps.
Then Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
The princes were like, "Yo, send Jehudi, Nethaniah's son, to Baruch. Tell him to bring that scroll he read to everyone." Baruch grabbed the roll and bounced.
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thine 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.
They said, "Pull up and read it to us." So Baruch read it loud and clear.
And they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read {it} in their ears.
Once they heard all the words, they were shook and told Baruch, "We gotta tell the king about this, no cap."
Now it came to pass, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said unto Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
They asked Baruch, "For real, how did you write all this down?"
And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
Baruch was like, "He said all these words to me, and I just wrote them down with ink in the book."
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote {them} with ink in the book.
The princes told Baruch, "Skrrt, go hide with Jeremiah, and keep it secret where you are."
Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
They went to the king's court but hid the roll in Elishama's room and spilled all the words to the king.
And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
So the king sent Jehudi to grab the scroll from Elishama's crib. Jehudi read it out loud for the king and all the homies chilling with him.
So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's chamber. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
The king was vibing in his winter spot in the ninth month, and there was a fire crackin' on the hearth, keeping it lit.
Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and {there was a fire} on the hearth burning before him.
When Jehudi got to like three or four pages, he straight-up sliced it with a penknife and tossed it into the fire, until the whole scroll was toast.
And it came to pass, {that} when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast {it} into the fire that {was} on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that {was} on the hearth.
But they weren't even shook, not the king or any of his crew who heard all this. No cap.
Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, {neither} the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
Still, Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah were begging the king not to burn the scroll, but he just wasn’t having it.
Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
The king told Jerahmeel, Seraiah, and Shelemiah to grab Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the Lord was like, "Nah, we hiding."
But the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hammelech, 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. {of Hammelech: or, of the king}
Then the Lord hit up Jeremiah after the king burned the scroll and all the words Baruch wrote, saying,
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,
"Get another scroll and write down all the previous words from the first one that Jehoiakim burned."
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.
"Tell Jehoiakim, king of Judah, that the Lord says: You burned this scroll, asking why it said Babylon's coming to wreck this land and wipe out everyone and everything."
And thou shalt say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, 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?
"So the Lord says about Jehoiakim, king of Judah: No one’s gonna chill on David's throne after you, and your body’s gonna be tossed out in the heat by day and the frost by night."
Therefore thus saith the LORD of 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.
I'ma come for him, his fam, and his crew for all their sus moves; gonna hit up Jerusalem and the dudes in Judah with all the bad vibes I called out, but they just ignored it, no cap.
And I will punish him and his seed and his servants for 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. {punish: Heb. visit upon}
Then Jeremiah pulled another scroll and handed it to Baruch, the scribe dude, Neriah's son; he wrote down all the words from Jeremiah, including the ones that Jehoiakim, the king of Judah, straight-up burned: and they added even more fire words, periodt.
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. {like: Heb. as they}