The Book of Jeremiah, Chapter 36ירמיהו 36

וַֽיְהִי֙ בַּשָּׁנָ֣ה הָרְבִיעִ֔ת לִיהוֹיָקִ֥ים בֶּן יֹאשִׁיָּ֖הוּ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֑ה הָיָ֞ה הַדָּבָ֤ר הַזֶּה֙ אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ מֵאֵ֥ת יְהוָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר

And it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from YHWH, saying,

קַח לְךָ֮ מְגִלַּת סֵפֶר֒ וְכָתַבְתָּ֣ אֵלֶ֗יהָ אֵ֣ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֞ים אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּ֧רְתִּי אֵלֶ֛יךָ עַל יִשְׂרָאֵ֥ל וְעַל יְהוּדָ֖ה וְעַל כָּל הַגּוֹיִ֑ם מִיּ֞וֹם דִּבַּ֤רְתִּי אֵלֶ֨יךָ֙ מִימֵ֣י יֹאשִׁיָּ֔הוּ וְעַ֖ד הַיּ֥וֹם הַזֶּֽה

Take you a roll of a book, and write therein all the words that I have spoken to you against Israel, and against Judah, and against all the nations, from the day I spake to you, from the days of Josiah, even to this day.

אוּלַ֤י יִשְׁמְעוּ֙ בֵּ֣ית יְהוּדָ֔ה אֵ֚ת כָּל הָ֣רָעָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֛ר אָנֹכִ֥י חֹשֵׁ֖ב לַעֲשׂ֣וֹת לָהֶ֑ם לְמַ֣עַן יָשׁ֗וּבוּ אִ֚ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֔ה וְסָלַחְתִּ֥י לַעֲוֺנָ֖ם וּלְחַטָּאתָֽם

It 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 iniquity and their sin.

וַיִּקְרָ֣א יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן נֵֽרִיָּ֑ה וַיִּכְתֹּ֨ב בָּר֜וּךְ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֗הוּ אֵ֣ת כָּל דִּבְרֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּ֥ר אֵלָ֖יו עַל מְגִלַּת סֵֽפֶר

Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah: and Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of YHWH, which he had spoken to him, upon a roll of a book.

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֶת בָּר֖וּךְ לֵאמֹ֑ר אֲנִ֣י עָצ֔וּר לֹ֣א אוּכַ֔ל לָב֖וֹא בֵּ֥ית יְהוָֽה

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I shut up; I cannot go into the house of YHWH:

וּבָאתָ֣ אַתָּ֡ה וְקָרָ֣אתָ בַמְּגִלָּ֣ה אֲשֶׁר כָּתַֽבְתָּ מִפִּי֩ אֶת דִּבְרֵ֨י יְהוָ֜ה בְּאָזְנֵ֥י הָעָ֛ם בֵּ֥ית יְהוָ֖ה בְּי֣וֹם צ֑וֹם וְגַ֨ם בְּאָזְנֵ֧י כָל יְהוּדָ֛ה הַבָּאִ֥ים מֵעָרֵיהֶ֖ם תִּקְרָאֵֽם

Therefore go you, and read in the roll, which you have written from my mouth, the words of YHWH in the ears of the people in YHWH's house upon the fasting day: and also you shall read them in the ears of all Judah that come out of their cities.

אוּלַ֞י תִּפֹּ֤ל תְּחִנָּתָם֙ לִפְנֵ֣י יְהוָ֔ה וְיָשֻׁ֕בוּ אִ֖ישׁ מִדַּרְכּ֣וֹ הָרָעָ֑ה כִּֽי גָד֤וֹל הָאַף֙ וְהַ֣חֵמָ֔ה אֲשֶׁר דִּבֶּ֥ר יְהוָ֖ה אֶל הָעָ֥ם הַזֶּֽה

It may be they will present their supplication before YHWH, and will return every one from his evil way: for great the anger and the fury that YHWH has pronounced against this people.

וַיַּ֗עַשׂ בָּרוּךְ֙ בֶּן נֵ֣רִיָּ֔ה כְּכֹ֥ל אֲשֶׁר צִוָּ֖הוּ יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא לִקְרֹ֥א בַסֵּ֛פֶר דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה בֵּ֥ית יְהֹוָֽה

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, reading in the book the words of YHWH in YHWH's house.

וַיְהִ֣י בַשָּׁנָ֣ה הַ֠חֲמִשִׁית לִיהוֹיָקִ֨ים בֶּן יֹאשִׁיָּ֤הוּ מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָה֙ בַּחֹ֣דֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁעִ֔י קָרְא֨וּ צ֜וֹם לִפְנֵ֧י יְהוָ֛ה כָּל הָעָ֖ם בִּירֽוּשָׁלִָ֑ם וְכָל הָעָ֗ם הַבָּאִ֛ים מֵעָרֵ֥י יְהוּדָ֖ה בִּירוּשָׁלִָֽם

And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, they proclaimed a fast before YHWH to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem.

וַיִּקְרָ֨א בָר֥וּךְ בַּסֵּ֛פֶר אֶת דִּבְרֵ֥י יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ בֵּ֣ית יְהוָ֑ה בְּלִשְׁכַּ֡ת גְּמַרְיָהוּ֩ בֶן שָׁפָ֨ן הַסֹּפֵ֜ר בֶּחָצֵ֣ר הָעֶלְי֗וֹן פֶּ֣תַח שַׁ֤עַר בֵּית יְהוָה֙ הֶֽחָדָ֔שׁ בְּאָזְנֵ֖י כָּל הָעָֽם

Then read Baruch in the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of YHWH, in the chamber of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the scribe, in the higher court, at the entry of the new gate of YHWH's house, in the ears of all the people.

וַ֠יִּשְׁמַ֗ע מִכָ֨יְהוּ בֶן גְּמַרְיָ֧הוּ בֶן שָׁפָ֛ן אֶת כָּל דִּבְרֵ֥י יְהוָ֖ה מֵעַ֥ל הַסֵּֽפֶר

When Michaiah the son of Gemariah, the son of Shaphan, had heard out of the book all the words of YHWH,

וַיֵּ֤רֶד בֵּית הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ עַל לִשְׁכַּ֣ת הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְהִ֨נֵּה שָׁ֔ם כָּל הַשָּׂרִ֖ים יֽוֹשְׁבִ֑ים אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַסֹּפֵ֡ר וּדְלָיָ֣הוּ בֶן שְׁ֠מַעְיָהוּ וְאֶלְנָתָ֨ן בֶּן עַכְבּ֜וֹר וּגְמַרְיָ֧הוּ בֶן שָׁפָ֛ן וְצִדְקִיָּ֥הוּ בֶן חֲנַנְיָ֖הוּ וְכָל הַשָּׂרִֽים

Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber: and, lo, all the princes sat there, 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.

וַיַּגֵּ֤ד לָהֶם֙ מִכָ֔יְהוּ אֵ֥ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֖ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר שָׁמֵ֑עַ בִּקְרֹ֥א בָר֛וּךְ בַּסֵּ֖פֶר בְּאָזְנֵ֥י הָעָֽם

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

וַיִּשְׁלְח֨וּ כָל הַשָּׂרִ֜ים אֶל בָּר֗וּךְ אֶת יְהוּדִ֡י בֶּן נְ֠תַנְיָהוּ בֶּן שֶׁלֶמְיָ֣הוּ בֶן כּוּשִׁי֮ לֵאמֹר֒ הַמְּגִלָּ֗ה אֲשֶׁ֨ר קָרָ֤אתָ בָּהּ֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הָעָ֔ם קָחֶ֥נָּה בְיָדְךָ֖ וָלֵ֑ךְ וַ֠יִּקַּח בָּר֨וּךְ בֶּן נֵרִיָּ֤הוּ אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה֙ בְּיָד֔וֹ וַיָּבֹ֖א אֲלֵיהֶֽם

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 roll wherein 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.

וַיֹּאמְר֣וּ אֵלָ֔יו שֵׁ֣ב נָ֔א וּקְרָאֶ֖נָּה בְּאָזְנֵ֑ינוּ וַיִּקְרָ֥א בָר֖וּךְ בְּאָזְנֵיהֶֽם

And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read in their ears.

וַיְהִ֗י כְּשָׁמְעָם֙ אֶת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֔ים פָּחֲד֖וּ אִ֣ישׁ אֶל רֵעֵ֑הוּ וַיֹּֽאמְרוּ֙ אֶל בָּר֔וּךְ הַגֵּ֤יד נַגִּיד֙ לַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֥ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה

Now it came to pass, when 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.

וְאֶ֨ת בָּר֔וּךְ שָׁאֲל֖וּ לֵאמֹ֑ר הַגֶּד נָ֣א לָ֔נוּ אֵ֗יךְ כָּתַ֛בְתָּ אֶת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֥ים הָאֵ֖לֶּה מִפִּֽיו

And they asked Baruch, saying, Tell us now, How didst you write all these words at his mouth?

וַיֹּ֤אמֶר לָהֶם֙ בָּר֔וּךְ מִפִּיו֙ יִקְרָ֣א אֵלַ֔י אֵ֥ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵ֑לֶּה וַאֲנִ֛י כֹּתֵ֥ב עַל הַסֵּ֖פֶר בַּדְּיֽוֹ

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

וַיֹּאמְר֤וּ הַשָּׂרִים֙ אֶל בָּר֔וּךְ לֵ֥ךְ הִסָּתֵ֖ר אַתָּ֣ה וְיִרְמְיָ֑הוּ וְאִ֥ישׁ אַל יֵדַ֖ע אֵיפֹ֥ה אַתֶּֽם

Then said the princes to Baruch, Go, hide you, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you be.

וַיָּבֹ֤אוּ אֶל הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ חָצֵ֔רָה וְאֶת הַמְּגִלָּ֣ה הִפְקִ֔דוּ בְּלִשְׁכַּ֖ת אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וַיַּגִּ֨ידוּ֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ אֵ֖ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִֽים

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.

וַיִּשְׁלַ֨ח הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ אֶת יְהוּדִ֗י לָקַ֨חַת֙ אֶת הַמְּגִלָּ֔ה וַיִּ֨קָּחֶ֔הָ מִלִּשְׁכַּ֖ת אֱלִישָׁמָ֣ע הַסֹּפֵ֑ר וַיִּקְרָאֶ֤הָ יְהוּדִי֙ בְּאָזְנֵ֣י הַמֶּ֔לֶךְ וּבְאָזְנֵי֙ כָּל הַשָּׂרִ֔ים הָעֹמְדִ֖ים מֵעַ֥ל הַמֶּֽלֶךְ

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.

וְהַמֶּ֗לֶךְ יוֹשֵׁב֙ בֵּ֣ית הַחֹ֔רֶף בַּחֹ֖דֶשׁ הַתְּשִׁיעִ֑י וְאֶת הָאָ֖ח לְפָנָ֥יו מְבֹעָֽרֶת

Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month: and on the hearth burning before him.

וַיְהִ֣י כִּקְר֣וֹא יְהוּדִ֗י שָׁלֹ֣שׁ דְּלָתוֹת֮ וְאַרְבָּעָה֒ יִֽקְרָעֶ֨הָ֙ בְּתַ֣עַר הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְהַשְׁלֵ֕ךְ אֶל הָאֵ֖שׁ אֲשֶׁ֣ר אֶל הָאָ֑ח עַד תֹּם֙ כָּל הַמְּגִלָּ֔ה עַל הָאֵ֖שׁ אֲשֶׁ֥ר עַל הָאָֽח

And it came to pass, when Jehudi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with the penknife, and cast into the fire that on the hearth, until all the roll was consumed in the fire that on the hearth.

וְלֹ֣א פָחֲד֔וּ וְלֹ֥א קָרְע֖וּ אֶת בִּגְדֵיהֶ֑ם הַמֶּ֨לֶךְ֙ וְכָל עֲבָדָ֔יו הַשֹּׁ֣מְעִ֔ים אֵ֥ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִ֖ים הָאֵֽלֶּה

Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

וְגַם֩ אֶלְנָתָ֨ן וּדְלָיָ֤הוּ וּגְמַרְיָ֨הוּ֙ הִפְגִּ֣עוּ בַמֶּ֔לֶךְ לְבִלְתִּ֥י שְׂרֹ֖ף אֶת הַמְּגִלָּ֑ה וְלֹ֥א שָׁמַ֖ע אֲלֵיהֶֽם

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.

וַיְצַוֶּ֣ה הַ֠מֶּלֶךְ אֶת יְרַחְמְאֵ֨ל בֶּן הַמֶּ֜לֶךְ וְאֶת שְׂרָיָ֣הוּ בֶן עַזְרִיאֵ֗ל וְאֶת שֶֽׁלֶמְיָ֨הוּ֙ בֶּֽן עַבְדְּאֵ֔ל לָקַ֨חַת֙ אֶת בָּר֣וּךְ הַסֹּפֵ֔ר וְאֵ֖ת יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֑יא וַיַּסְתִּרֵ֖ם יְהוָֽה

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 YHWH hid them.

וַיְהִ֥י דְבַר יְהוָ֖ה אֶֽל יִרְמְיָ֑הוּ אַחֲרֵ֣י שְׂרֹ֣ף הַמֶּ֗לֶךְ אֶת הַמְּגִלָּה֙ וְאֶת הַדְּבָרִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֨ר כָּתַ֥ב בָּר֛וּךְ מִפִּ֥י יִרְמְיָ֖הוּ לֵאמֹֽר

Then the word of YHWH came to Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

שׁ֥וּב קַח לְךָ֖ מְגִלָּ֣ה אַחֶ֑רֶת וּכְתֹ֣ב עָלֶ֗יהָ אֵ֤ת כָּל הַדְּבָרִים֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנִ֔ים אֲשֶׁ֣ר הָי֗וּ עַל הַמְּגִלָּה֙ הָרִ֣אשֹׁנָ֔ה אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂרַ֖ף יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָֽה

Take 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.

וְעַל יְהוֹיָקִ֤ים מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָה֙ תֹּאמַ֔ר כֹּ֖ה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֑ה אַ֠תָּה שָׂרַ֜פְתָּ אֶת הַמְּגִלָּ֤ה הַזֹּאת֙ לֵאמֹ֔ר מַדּוּעַ֩ כָּתַ֨בְתָּ עָלֶ֜יהָ לֵאמֹ֗ר בֹּֽא יָב֤וֹא מֶֽלֶךְ בָּבֶל֙ וְהִשְׁחִית֙ אֶת הָאָ֣רֶץ הַזֹּ֔את וְהִשְׁבִּ֥ית מִמֶּ֖נָּה אָדָ֥ם וּבְהֵמָֽה

And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says YHWH; You have burned this roll, saying, Why have you written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?

לָכֵ֞ן כֹּֽה אָמַ֣ר יְהוָ֗ה עַל יְהֽוֹיָקִים֙ מֶ֣לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֔ה לֹא יִֽהְיֶה לּ֥וֹ יוֹשֵׁ֖ב עַל כִּסֵּ֣א דָוִ֑ד וְנִבְלָתוֹ֙ תִּֽהְיֶ֣ה מֻשְׁלֶ֔כֶת לַחֹ֥רֶב בַּיּ֖וֹם וְלַקֶּ֥רַח בַּלָּֽיְלָה

Therefore thus says YHWH 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.

וּפָקַדְתִּ֨י עָלָ֧יו וְעַל זַרְע֛וֹ וְעַל עֲבָדָ֖יו אֶת עֲוֺנָ֑ם וְהֵבֵאתִ֣י עֲ֠לֵיהֶם וְעַל יֹשְׁבֵ֨י יְרוּשָׁלִַ֜ם וְאֶל אִ֣ישׁ יְהוּדָ֗ה אֵ֧ת כָּל הָרָעָ֛ה אֲשֶׁר דִּבַּ֥רְתִּי אֲלֵיהֶ֖ם וְלֹ֥א שָׁמֵֽעוּ

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.

וְיִרְמְיָ֜הוּ לָקַ֣ח מְגִלָּ֣ה אַחֶ֗רֶת וַֽיִּתְּנָהּ֮ אֶל בָּר֣וּךְ בֶּן נֵרִיָּהוּ֮ הַסֹּפֵר֒ וַיִּכְתֹּ֤ב עָלֶ֨יהָ֙ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ אֵ֚ת כָּל דִּבְרֵ֣י הַסֵּ֔פֶר אֲשֶׁ֥ר שָׂרַ֛ף יְהוֹיָקִ֥ים מֶֽלֶךְ יְהוּדָ֖ה בָּאֵ֑שׁ וְע֨וֹד נוֹסַ֧ף עֲלֵיהֶ֛ם דְּבָרִ֥ים רַבִּ֖ים כָּהֵֽמָּה

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 to them many like words.