OLD TESTAMENT · VERSE 16

Jeremiah 36:16

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Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”

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Jeremiah 36:13–19

13

Then Micaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.

14

Therefore 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 in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come.”

So Baruch the son of Neriah took the scroll in his hand, and came to them.

15

They said to him, “Sit down now, and read it in our hearing.”

So Baruch read it in their hearing.

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Now when they had heard all the words, they turned in fear one toward another, and said to Baruch, “We will surely tell the king of all these words.”

17

They asked Baruch, saying, “Tell us now, how did you write all these words at his mouth?”

18

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

19

Then the princes said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah go hide. Don’t let anyone know where you are.”

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