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Jeremiah Chapter 36

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Jeremiah

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Jeremiah recounts the suffering of the exiled people in Babylon and the king's deceitful scheme to bribe the Babylonian king, which is thwarted. The chapter emphasizes God's judgment on falsehood and the people's reliance on human leaders.

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(1) 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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Jeremiah 25:1Jeremiah 35:1II Kings 24:1II Kings 24:2

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Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 25:1I Chronicles 3:15Jeremiah 46:2II Kings 23:34II Chronicles 35:25

(2) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:23Jeremiah 36:29Jeremiah 30:2Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 51:60Exodus 17:14Deuteronomy 31:24Ezra 6:2Job 31:35Psalms 40:7Isaiah 8:1

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Joshua 1:8I Chronicles 29:29Jeremiah 36:32Ezekiel 2:9Revelation 22:19Revelation 10:6

(3) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:7Jeremiah 18:8Jeremiah 26:3Deuteronomy 5:29Ezekiel 12:3Zephaniah 2:3Luke 20:13II Timothy 2:25II Timothy 2:26II Peter 3:9Ezekiel 18:27Ezekiel 18:28

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Song of Solomon 6:13Job 6:29Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 7:13Ezekiel 16:55

(4) 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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Jeremiah 36:26Jeremiah 32:12Jeremiah 43:3Jeremiah 36:17Jeremiah 36:18Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 45:2Romans 16:22Jeremiah 36:21Jeremiah 36:23Jeremiah 36:28

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Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 36:27Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 36:8Jeremiah 38:6

(5) And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:
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Jeremiah 20:2Jeremiah 32:2Jeremiah 33:1Jeremiah 37:15Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 38:28Jeremiah 40:4II Corinthians 11:23Ephesians 3:1Ephesians 6:20II Timothy 2:9Hebrews 11:36

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Jeremiah 36:4Isaiah 44:18Jeremiah 36:27Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 45:1

(6) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:8Ezekiel 2:3Ezekiel 2:4Ezekiel 2:5Ezekiel 2:6Ezekiel 2:7Jeremiah 7:2Jeremiah 18:11Jeremiah 19:14Jeremiah 22:2Jeremiah 26:2Jeremiah 36:9

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Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 36:21Jeremiah 36:14Colossians 4:16Jeremiah 36:10Genesis 41:7

(7) 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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Jeremiah 36:3I Kings 8:33I Kings 8:34I Kings 8:35I Kings 8:36II Chronicles 33:12II Chronicles 33:13Daniel 9:13Hosea 5:15Hosea 6:1Hosea 14:1Hosea 14:2

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Song of Solomon 6:13Jeremiah 3:12Jeremiah 15:19Jeremiah 44:14Ezekiel 16:55Malachi 3:7

(8) 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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Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 1:17Matthew 16:24I Corinthians 16:10Philippians 2:19Philippians 2:20Philippians 2:21Philippians 2:22Nehemiah 8:3Luke 4:16Luke 4:17Luke 4:18

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Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 28:12I Chronicles 29:29Jeremiah 36:10

(9) 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.
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Leviticus 23:27II Chronicles 20:3Nehemiah 9:1Esther 4:16Isaiah 58:1Isaiah 58:2Isaiah 58:3Joel 1:13Joel 2:12Joel 2:13Joel 2:14Joel 2:15

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Zechariah 8:19Esther 3:7Jeremiah 1:3II Kings 25:8I Chronicles 27:8Ezra 7:9

(10) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:8Jeremiah 35:4Jeremiah 36:11Jeremiah 36:25Jeremiah 26:24Jeremiah 29:3Jeremiah 52:25II Samuel 8:17II Samuel 20:25II Kings 18:37Jeremiah 26:10

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II Kings 22:8II Kings 22:10II Chronicles 34:15II Chronicles 34:18Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 36:32

(11) When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of the LORD,
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Jeremiah 36:10II Kings 22:12II Kings 22:13II Kings 22:14II Kings 25:22II Chronicles 34:20

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II Kings 22:8II Chronicles 34:15II Kings 22:10I Chronicles 29:29II Chronicles 34:18Jeremiah 36:10

(12) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:20Jeremiah 36:21Jeremiah 41:1Jeremiah 36:25Jeremiah 26:22II Kings 22:12II Kings 22:14II Kings 24:8Jeremiah 36:10Jeremiah 36:11II Kings 22:3Jeremiah 28:1

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Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 35:4Jeremiah 36:21Jeremiah 39:3II Kings 22:12Numbers 7:2

(13) Then Michaiah 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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II Kings 22:10II Kings 22:19II Chronicles 34:16II Chronicles 34:17II Chronicles 34:18II Chronicles 34:24Jonah 3:6

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Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 36:10Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:14II Kings 22:8II Kings 23:2

(14) 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.
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Jeremiah 40:8Jeremiah 41:1Jeremiah 41:2Jeremiah 41:16Jeremiah 41:18II Kings 25:23Zephaniah 1:1Jeremiah 36:2Ezekiel 2:6Ezekiel 2:7Matthew 10:16Matthew 10:28

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Jeremiah 36:21Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 36:10

(15) 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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Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 36:21Colossians 4:16Jeremiah 36:10Jeremiah 36:13

(16) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:24Acts 24:25Acts 24:26Jeremiah 13:18Jeremiah 38:1Jeremiah 38:2Jeremiah 38:3Jeremiah 38:4Amos 7:10Amos 7:11

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Jeremiah 44:25Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6

(17) And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst thou write all these words at his mouth?
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John 9:10John 9:11John 9:15John 9:26John 9:27

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I Kings 3:11I Samuel 15:19Isaiah 57:9II Chronicles 1:11I John 2:13

(18) 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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Jeremiah 36:2Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 43:2Jeremiah 43:3Proverbs 26:4Proverbs 26:5

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Jeremiah 36:4I Chronicles 29:29Jeremiah 36:32Revelation 22:19

(19) Then said the princes unto Baruch, Go, hide thee, thou and Jeremiah; and let no man know where ye be.
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Jeremiah 36:26Jeremiah 26:20Jeremiah 26:21Jeremiah 26:22Jeremiah 26:23Jeremiah 26:24I Kings 17:3I Kings 18:4I Kings 18:10II Chronicles 25:15Proverbs 28:12Amos 7:12

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Jeremiah 36:4Psalms 68:27Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 37:14Jeremiah 38:14Jeremiah 36:27

(20) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:12Jeremiah 36:21

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Jeremiah 36:21Jeremiah 36:10Ezekiel 46:21Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 35:4

(21) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 23:28Jeremiah 26:2II Kings 22:10II Chronicles 34:18Ezekiel 2:4Ezekiel 2:5

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Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 36:6Jeremiah 36:15Jeremiah 36:12Jeremiah 36:20Jeremiah 35:4

(22) Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.
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Jeremiah 22:14Jeremiah 22:15Jeremiah 22:16Jeremiah 3:20Amos 3:15

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Esther 3:7Ezra 10:9Ezekiel 8:1Genesis 8:5Exodus 12:18II Kings 25:1

(23) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:29Jeremiah 36:30Jeremiah 36:31Deuteronomy 29:19Deuteronomy 29:20Deuteronomy 29:21I Kings 22:8I Kings 22:27Psalms 50:17Proverbs 1:30Proverbs 5:12Proverbs 13:13

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Ezekiel 48:16Ezekiel 41:24Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 36:21Exodus 25:26Exodus 37:13

(24) 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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Jeremiah 36:16Job 15:4Psalms 36:1Psalms 64:5Isaiah 26:11Romans 3:18Jeremiah 5:3I Kings 21:27II Kings 19:1II Kings 19:2II Kings 22:11II Kings 22:12

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Exodus 29:21Leviticus 8:30Jeremiah 42:11Ezekiel 2:6Ezekiel 44:19

(25) 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.
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Jeremiah 36:12Jeremiah 26:22Jeremiah 13:15Jeremiah 13:16Jeremiah 13:17Genesis 37:22Genesis 37:26Genesis 37:27Genesis 37:28Matthew 27:4Matthew 27:24Matthew 27:25

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Ezra 8:16Jeremiah 36:12

(26) 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.
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Jeremiah 2:30Jeremiah 26:21Jeremiah 26:22Jeremiah 26:23I Kings 19:1I Kings 19:2I Kings 19:3I Kings 19:10I Kings 19:14Matthew 23:34Matthew 23:35Matthew 23:36

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Jeremiah 28:12Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 51:59Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 38:6

(27) 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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Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 20:3

(28) 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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Jeremiah 28:13Jeremiah 28:14Jeremiah 44:28Job 23:13Zechariah 1:5Zechariah 1:6Matthew 24:35II Timothy 2:13

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Jeremiah 36:14Jeremiah 36:29Jeremiah 36:32Isaiah 8:1Jeremiah 36:2Jeremiah 36:27

(29) 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?
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Deuteronomy 29:19Job 15:24Job 40:8Isaiah 45:9Acts 5:39I Corinthians 10:22Jeremiah 26:9Jeremiah 32:3Isaiah 29:21Isaiah 30:10Acts 5:28Jeremiah 21:4

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Revelation 4:7Daniel 2:24Jeremiah 36:32Jeremiah 36:28Leviticus 24:18Revelation 13:4

(30) 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.
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Jeremiah 22:30II Kings 24:12II Kings 24:13II Kings 24:14II Kings 24:15Jeremiah 22:18Genesis 31:40

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(31) 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.
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Jeremiah 23:34Jeremiah 11:8Jeremiah 17:18Jeremiah 19:15Jeremiah 29:17Jeremiah 29:18Jeremiah 29:19Jeremiah 35:17Jeremiah 44:4Jeremiah 44:5Jeremiah 44:6Jeremiah 44:7

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(32) 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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Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 36:18Exodus 4:15Exodus 4:16Romans 16:22Leviticus 26:18Leviticus 26:21Leviticus 26:24Leviticus 26:28Daniel 3:19Revelation 22:18

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Jeremiah 36:4Jeremiah 45:1Jeremiah 36:27Jeremiah 38:6Jeremiah 36:8Jeremiah 36:10

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