Jeremiah 36
- 1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
- 2Take a roll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
- 3It may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them. That they may return every man from his evil way. That I may forgive their wrongdoing and their sin.
- 4Then 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 to him, on a roll of a book.
- 5And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up. I cannot go into the house of the Lord:
- 6Therefore go you, and read in the roll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord's house on the fasting day: and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
- 7It may be they will present their pleading before the Lord, and will return every one from his evil way. For great is the anger and the fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people.
- 8And 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.
- 9In 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 who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
- 10Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the place 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.
- 11When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the Lord,
- 12Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's room: and 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.
- 13Then Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
- 14Therefore 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 roll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came to them.
- 15And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
- 16When they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
- 17And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?
- 18Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
- 19Then the princes said to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah. And let no man know where you be.
- 20And they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the place of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
- 21So the king sent Jehudi to get the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's room. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
- 22Now the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
- 23When Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the scribe's knife, 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.
- 24Yet the king, and all his servants who heard all these words, were not afraid, and did not tear their garments.
- 25But Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
- 26But 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.
- 27Then 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,
- 28Take you again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
- 29And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, The Lord says this. You have burned this roll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall remove from there man and beast?
- 30Therefore the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah says this. He shall have none to sit on 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.
- 31And I will punish him and his descendants and his servants for their wrongdoing. And I will bring on them, and on the people of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them. But they did not listen.
- 32Then took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah. Who wrote in it 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 to them many like words.
What changed from the KJV
GIGAKJV is a modern English revision of the King James Version. The comparison below uses the project's KJV text in the later 1769 tradition and marks, word by word, each verse of Jeremiah 36 where the wording differs: struck-through words are the KJV's, highlighted words are GIGAKJV's.
KJVAnd 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,
GIGAKJVIn the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the Lord, saying,
KJVTake 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.
GIGAKJVTake a roll of a book, and write in it all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spoke to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.
KJVIt 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.
GIGAKJVIt may be that the house of Judah will hear all the evil which I purpose to do to them. That they may return every man from his evil way. That I may forgive their wrongdoing and their sin.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen 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 to him, on a roll of a book.
KJVAnd Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the Lord:
GIGAKJVAnd Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up. I cannot go into the house of the Lord:
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore go you, and read in the roll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of the Lord in the ears of the people in the Lord's house on the fasting day: and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.
KJVIt 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.
GIGAKJVIt may be they will present their pleading before the Lord, and will return every one from his evil way. For great is the anger and the fury that the Lord has pronounced against this people.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVIn 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 who came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord, in the place 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.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's room: and 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.
KJVThen Michaiah declared unto them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
GIGAKJVThen Michaiah declared to them all the words that he had heard, when Baruch read the book in the ears of the people.
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore 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 roll in which you have read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came to them.
KJVAnd they said unto him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
GIGAKJVAnd they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.
KJVNow 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.
GIGAKJVWhen they had heard all the words, they were afraid both one and other, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king of all these words.
KJVAnd they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
GIGAKJVAnd they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How did you write all these words at his mouth?
KJVThen Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
GIGAKJVThen Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words to me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
KJVThen said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
GIGAKJVThen the princes said to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah. And let no man know where you be.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd they went in to the king into the court, but they laid up the roll in the place of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.
KJVSo 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.
GIGAKJVSo the king sent Jehudi to get the roll: and he took it out of Elishama the scribe's room. And Jehudi read it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the princes which stood beside the king.
KJVNow the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
GIGAKJVNow the king sat in the winter house in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVWhen Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the scribe's knife, 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.
KJVYet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
GIGAKJVYet the king, and all his servants who heard all these words, were not afraid, and did not tear their garments.
KJVNevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
GIGAKJVBut Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
KJVTake 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.
GIGAKJVTake you again another roll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first roll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.
KJVAnd 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?
GIGAKJVAnd you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, The Lord says this. You have burned this roll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall remove from there man and beast?
KJVTherefore 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.
GIGAKJVTherefore the Lord of Jehoiakim king of Judah says this. He shall have none to sit on 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.
KJVAnd 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.
GIGAKJVAnd I will punish him and his descendants and his servants for their wrongdoing. And I will bring on them, and on the people of Jerusalem, and on the men of Judah, all the evil that I have pronounced against them. But they did not listen.
KJVThen 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.
GIGAKJVThen took Jeremiah another roll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah. Who wrote in it 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 to them many like words.
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