Jeremiah 36:1

1 In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me, 1

Jeremiah 36:1 In-Context

1 In the fourth year that Jehoiakim son of Josiah was king of Judah, the Lord said to me,
2 "Get a scroll and write on it everything that I have told you about Israel and Judah and all the nations. Write everything that I have told you from the time I first spoke to you, when Josiah was king, up to the present.
3 Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the destruction that I intend to bring on them, they will turn from their evil ways. Then I will forgive their wickedness and their sins."
4 So I called Baruch son of Neriah and dictated to him everything that the Lord had said to me. And Baruch wrote it all down on a scroll.
5 Then I gave Baruch the following instructions: "I am no longer allowed to go into the Temple.

Cross References 1

  • 1. 36.1 2 K 24.1;2 Chronicles 36.5-7;Daniel 1.1, 2.
Scripture taken from the Good News Translation - Second Edition, Copyright 1992 by American Bible Society. Used by Permission.