Jeremiah 36:25

KJV1611 – Modern English

Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had pleaded with the king that he would not burn the scroll, but he would not hear them.

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  • Gen 37:22 : 22 And Reuben said to them, Shed no blood, but cast him into this pit that is in the wilderness, and lay no hand upon him; that he might rid him out of their hands, to deliver him to his father again.
  • Jer 36:12 : 12 Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber; and, behold, 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.
  • Acts 5:34-39 : 34 Then one in the council stood up, a Pharisee named Gamaliel, a doctor of the law, respected among all the people, and commanded to put the apostles outside for a little while, 35 And said to them, Men of Israel, take heed to yourselves what you intend to do as touching these men. 36 For before these days, Theudas rose up, boasting himself to be somebody; to whom a number of men, about four hundred, joined themselves: he was slain; and all who obeyed him were scattered and brought to nothing. 37 After this man, Judas of Galilee rose up in the days of the census and drew away many people after him: he also perished, and all who obeyed him were dispersed. 38 And now I say to you, Refrain from these men, and let them alone: for if this counsel or this work is of men, it will come to nothing. 39 But if it is of God, you cannot overthrow it; lest perhaps you be found even to fight against God.
  • Matt 27:4 : 4 Saying, I have sinned in that I have betrayed innocent blood. And they said, What is that to us? See to that yourself.
  • Matt 27:24-25 : 24 When Pilate saw that he could nothing prevail, but rather a tumult was made, he took water and washed his hands before the multitude, saying, I am innocent of the blood of this just person. See to it yourselves. 25 Then answered all the people, and said, His blood be on us and on our children.
  • Gen 37:26-28 : 26 And Judah said to his brothers, What profit is it if we kill our brother, and conceal his blood? 27 Come, and let us sell him to the Ishmaelites, and let not our hand be upon him; for he is our brother and our flesh. And his brothers were content. 28 Then Midianite merchants passed by; and they drew and lifted Joseph out of the pit, and sold Joseph to the Ishmaelites for twenty pieces of silver: and they brought Joseph into Egypt.
  • Prov 21:29 : 29 A wicked man hardens his face, but as for the upright, he directs his way.
  • Jer 13:15-17 : 15 Hear, and give ear; be not proud: for the LORD has spoken. 16 Give glory to the LORD your God, before he causes darkness, and before your feet stumble upon the dark mountains, and, while you look for light, he turns it into the shadow of death, and makes it gross darkness. 17 But if you will not hear it, my soul shall weep in secret places for your pride; and my eye shall weep bitterly, and run down with tears, because the LORD's flock is taken captive.
  • Jer 26:22 : 22 And Jehoiakim the king sent men into Egypt, namely, Elnathan the son of Achbor, and certain men with him into Egypt.

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  • Jer 36:12-24
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    12Then he went down into the king's house, into the scribe's chamber; and, behold, 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 scroll from 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 went to them.

    15And they said to him, Sit down now, and read it in our ears. So Baruch read it in their ears.

    16Now it happened, when they had heard all the words, they were afraid each one to the other, and said to Baruch, We will surely tell the king 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 yourself, you and Jeremiah; and let no man know where you are.

    20And they went into the king in the court, but they laid up the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and told all the words in the ears of the king.

    21So the king sent Jehudi to fetch the scroll; 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 who stood beside the king.

    22Now the king sat in the winterhouse in the ninth month, and there was a fire on the hearth burning before him.

    23And it happened, 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 scroll was consumed in the fire that was on the hearth.

    24Yet they were not afraid, nor did they tear their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.

  • Jer 36:26-29
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    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 the king had burned the scroll, and the words which Baruch wrote at the mouth of Jeremiah, saying,

    28Take again another scroll, and write in it all the former words that were in the first scroll, which Jehoiakim the king of Judah has burned.

    29And you shall say to Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus says the LORD: You have burned this scroll, saying, Why have you written in it, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainly come and destroy this land, and shall cause man and beast to cease from there?

  • Jer 36:31-32
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    31And I will punish him and his descendants 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 disaster that I have pronounced against them, but they did not listen.

    32Then Jeremiah took another scroll, and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many similar words were added to them.

  • Jer 37:2-3
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    2But neither he, nor his servants, nor the people of the land listened to the words of the LORD, which He spoke by the prophet Jeremiah.

    3And Zedekiah the king sent Jehucal, the son of Shelemiah, and Zephaniah, the son of Maaseiah, the priest, to the prophet Jeremiah, saying, 'Pray now to the LORD our God for us.'

  • Jer 38:25-27
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    25But if the princes hear that I have talked with you, and they come to you, and say to you, Declare to us now what you have said to the king, hide it not from us, and we will not put you to death; also what the king said to you:

    26Then you shall say to them, I presented my supplication before the king, that he would not cause me to return to Jonathan's house, to die there.

    27Then all the princes came to Jeremiah and asked him; and he told them according to all these words that the king had commanded. So they stopped speaking with him; for the matter was not perceived.

  • Jer 36:4-5
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    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 scroll.

    5And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying, I am shut up; I cannot go into the house of the LORD:

  • Jer 43:3-4
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    3But Baruch the son of Neriah sets you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they might put us to death, and carry us away captives into Babylon.

    4So Johanan the son of Kareah, and all the captains of the forces, and all the people, did not obey the voice of the LORD, to dwell in the land of Judah.

  • Jer 36:7-8
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    7It may be they will present their supplication before the LORD, and each will turn 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.

  • Isa 36:21
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    21But they held their peace and answered him not a word, for the king's order was, Do not answer him.

  • Jer 38:18
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    18But if you will not go forth to the king of Babylon's princes, then this city shall be given into the hand of the Chaldeans, and they shall burn it with fire, and you shall not escape out of their hand.

  • Jer 44:5
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    5But they did not listen, nor incline their ear to turn from their wickedness, to burn no incense to other gods.

  • Jer 27:17-18
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    17Do not listen to them; serve the king of Babylon, and live: why should this city be laid waste?

    18But if they are prophets, and if the word of the LORD is with them, let them now make intercession to the LORD of hosts, that the vessels which are left in the house of the LORD, and in the house of the king of Judah, and at Jerusalem, go not to Babylon.

  • 2 Kgs 18:36
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    36But the people kept silent and did not answer him a word, for the king's command was, Do not answer him.

  • Jer 37:19-20
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    19Where now are your prophets who prophesied to you, saying, The king of Babylon shall not come against you, nor against this land?

    20Therefore hear now, I pray you, O my lord the king: let my plea, I pray you, be accepted before you, that you do not cause me to return to the house of Jonathan the scribe, lest I die there.

  • Jer 38:1
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    1Then Shephatiah the son of Mattan, and Gedaliah the son of Pashur, and Jucal the son of Shelemiah, and Pashur the son of Malchiah, heard the words that Jeremiah had spoken to all the people, saying,

  • Jer 37:14-15
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    14Then Jeremiah said, 'It is false; I am not falling away to the Chaldeans.' But he did not listen to him; so Irijah took Jeremiah and brought him to the princes.

    15Therefore the princes were angry with Jeremiah, and struck him, and put him in prison in the house of Jonathan the scribe, for they had made that the prison.

  • Jer 26:24
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    24Nevertheless, the hand of Ahikam, the son of Shaphan, was with Jeremiah, so they should not give him into the hand of the people to put him to death.

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    22And because of them a curse will be used by all the exiles of Judah who are in Babylon, saying, 'The LORD make you like Zedekiah and like Ahab, whom the king of Babylon roasted in the fire;'

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    8Ebedmelech went out of the king's house and spoke to the king, saying,

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    27And the princes, governors, captains, and the king's counselors gathered together, and they saw these men on whose bodies the fire had no power; the hair of their head was not singed, nor were their coats changed, nor had the smell of fire passed on them.

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    18Then said they, Come, and let us devise plans against Jeremiah; for the law shall not perish from the priest, nor counsel from the wise, nor the word from the prophet. Come, and let us attack him with the tongue, and let us not give heed to any of his words.