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And it came to pass, that when Jehudi had readthree or fourleaves, 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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But the kingcommandedJerahmeel the son of Hammelech, and Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, to takeBaruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the LORDhid them.
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Then the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah,after that the king had burned the roll, and the words which Baruchwrote at the mouth of Jeremiah,saying,
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And thou shalt say to Jehoiakimking of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this roll,saying, Why hast thou written therein, saying, The king of Babylon shall certainlycome and destroy this land, and shall cause to cease from thence man and beast?
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Therefore thus saith the LORD of Jehoiakimking 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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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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Then tookJeremiahanotherroll, 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 Jehoiakimking of Judah had burned in the fire: and there were added besides unto them manylikewords.