the hand of the host of the king of Babylon, which are now departed from you.

For, behold, I will command them, saith the LORD, and will bring them again before this city, and they shall fight against it, and win it, and burn it with fire; and I will lay waste the cities of Judah, and none shall dwell there.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 35
Of the Rechabite obedience and the Jewish people disobedience.

This is the word that came unto Jeremiah from the LORD in the days of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying:

Go into the house of the Rechabites, and speak unto them, and bring them into the house of the LORD, into one of the chapels, and give them wine.

And I took Jazaniah the son of Jeremiah the son of Habaziniah, and his brethren, and all his sons, and all the house of Rechab.

And brought them into the house of the LORD, into the chapel of the children of Hanan the son of Jegdaliah, the man of God, which is by the prince’s chapel, above the chapel of Maaseiah the son of Shallum, the keeper of the gate.

And I set before the children of the house of Rechab, cups full of wine, and bowls, and said unto them: Drink wine!

And they answered: We drink not wine: for Jonadab the son of Rechab our father hath commanded us, saying, Ye and your children shall never drink wine.

And build no house, nor sow seed, nor plant a vineyard, nor have any: but dwell in tents all your days, that ye may live long in the land wherein ye sojourn.

So we have obeyed the voice of Jonadab our father, the son of Rechab, in all that he commanded us, that we should drink no wine all the days of our life, neither we, nor our wives, nor our sons, nor our daughters,

Neither build we houses to dwell in, neither have we vineyards, nor fields, nor seed, 10. But dwell in tabernacles, and obey, and do all things, as our father Jonadab commanded.

And when Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon came up into the land, we said: Come, and let us
go up to Jerusalem before the army of the Chaldeans and the Syrians: and we abode at Jerusalem.

And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, saying:

Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Go and say unto them of Judah, and to the inhabitants of Jerusalem, Will ye not amend yourselves, that ye may hearken unto my words?
saith the LORD.

The words of Jonadab the son of Rechab, which he commanded his children that they should not drink wine, are kept: and they drink no wine unto this day, because they obeyed their father’s commandment. I have always preached to you, but you have not obeyed me.

Even so have I always sent unto you all my servants the prophets, saying, Turn ye every man from his evil way, and amend your ways, and follow not other gods to serve them; and ye shall dwell in the land which I have given you and to your fathers. But ye would not incline your ears, nor obey me,

But the children of Jonadab the son of Rechab have kept their father’s commandment, which he commanded them. But this people will not obey me.

Therefore thus saith the LORD God of hosts, and the God of Israel; Behold, I will bring upon Judah, and upon all the inhabitants of Jerusalem, all the evil that I have spoken against them, because I have spoken unto them, and they will not hear, I have called, and they will not answer me.

And Jeremiah said unto the house of the Rechabites, Thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; Because ye have obeyed the commandment of Jonadab your father, and kept all his commandments, and done all that he commanded you,

Therefore thus saith the LORD of hosts, the God of Israel; There shall never fail Jonadab the son of Rechab; one of his own shall stand before me at all times.
(Jeremiah)
Chapter 36
Jeremiah’s sermons are torn up, burned, and rewritten.

In the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah came this word unto Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:

Take a book, and write therein all the words which I have spoken unto thee concerning Israel, and concerning Judah, and concerning all nations, from the time that I spake unto thee, even from the days of Josiah even unto this day,

Whether it may be that the house of Judah, hearing all the evil that I intend to do unto them, will turn every man from his wickedness, that I may forgive them their iniquity and their sin.

Then called Jeremiah Baruch the son of Neriah. And Baruch the same wrote in a book out of the mouth of Jeremiah all the sayings of the LORD, which he spake unto him.

And Jeremiah commanded Baruch, saying: I am a prisoner, that I cannot enter into the house of the LORD.

And thou shalt go in, and read the book wherein thou hast written the words of the LORD out of my mouth, before the people in the house of the LORD at the feast: and thou shalt read them also in the ears of all Judah, which come in out of their cities, 7. Whether they would humble themselves with prayer before the LORD, and turn every man from his evil way: for great is the wrath and fury of which the LORD hath spoken against this people.

And Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, to read the words of the LORD out of the book in the house of the LORD.

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 unto all the people of Jerusalem, and to all the people that come out of the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.

And Baruch read out of the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD, in the chapel of Gemariah the son of Shaphan the chancellor, in the upper court before the new gate of the house of the LORD, before all the people.

Now when Micaiah the son of Gemariah the son of Shaphan had heard all the words of the
LORD out of the book,

And he went down into the king’s house, into the king’s chamber. And, behold, all the princes sat there; Elishama the chancellor, and Delaiah the son of Shemaiah, and Elnathan the son of Achbor, and Gemariah the son of Shaphan, and Zedekiah the son of Hananiah, with all the princes.

And Micaiah shewed them all the words which he had heard, when Baruch read out of the book in the ears of the people.

Then all the princes sent Judiah the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Chushi, unto Baruch, saying. Take with thee the book out of which thou hast read before the people, and come. And Baruch the son of Neriah took the book with him, and came unto them.

And they said unto him, Sit thou down, and read, that we may hear. And Baruch read in their ears.

And when they heard all these sayings, they were amazed one against another, and said unto Baruch, We will report all these sayings unto the king.

And said unto Baruch, Tell us, how hast thou written all these sayings out of his mouth?

And Baruch said unto them: He read all these sayings out of his mouth unto me, and I wrote them in ink in the book.

And the princes said unto Baruch, Go and hide thyself with Jeremiah, that no man know where ye are.

And they went in unto the king into the court, and kept the book in the chamber of Elishama the chancellor, and spake all these words before the king.

Then the king sent Judi to fetch the book. And he took it out of the chamber of Elishama the chancellor. And Judiah read before the king, and before all the princes that sat with the king.

And the king sat in the winter house, in the ninth month, before the hearth.

And when Judi had read three or four leaves, he cut it with a penknife, and cast it into the fire that was in the hearth, until the book was burnt up altogether in the fire.

And no man was astonished, nor rent his clothes, neither the king, nor his servants, when all had heard these sayings.

And Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah, besought the king that he would not burn the book; but he hearkened not unto them.

And the king commanded Jerahmeel the son of Hamelech, and Seraiah the son of Aziel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel, that they should take Baruch the scribe, and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hid them.

And the word of the LORD came unto Jeremiah, after that the king had burned the book, and the words which Baruch wrote out of the mouth of Jeremiah, saying: 28. Take thee another book, and write therein all the former words which were in the first book, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burnt,

And say of Jehoiakim king of Judah, Thus saith the LORD; Thou hast burned this book, saying, Why hast thou written therein, that the king of Babylon shall come and destroy this land, and make it desolate; that there shall be neither people nor cattle therein?

Therefore thus saith the LORD concerning Jehoiakim king of Judah; He shall not sit on the throne of David, one of his own; and his body