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Jeremiah 36:14-22 Young's Literal Translation Of The Holy Bible (YLT98)

14. and all the heads send unto Baruch, Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying, `The roll in which thou hast read in the ears of the people take in thy hand, and come.' And Baruch son of Neriah taketh the roll in his hand and cometh in unto them,

15. and they say unto him, `Sit down, we pray thee, and read it in our ears,' and Baruch readeth in their ears,

16. and it cometh to pass, when they hear all the words, they have been afraid one at another, and say unto Baruch, `We do surely declare to the king all these words.'

17. And they asked Baruch, saying, `Declare, we pray thee, to us, how didst thou write all these words--from his mouth?'

18. And Baruch saith to them, `From his mouth, he pronounceth unto me all these words, and I am writing on the book with ink.'

19. And the heads say unto Baruch, `Go, be hidden, thou and Jeremiah, and let no one know where ye [are].'

20. And they go in unto the king, to the court, and the roll they have laid up in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and they declare in the ears of the king all the words.

21. And the king sendeth Jehudi to take the roll, and he taketh it out of the chamber of Elishama the scribe, and Jehudi readeth it in the ears of the king, and in the ears of all the heads who are standing by the king;

22. and the king is sitting in the winter-house, in the ninth month, and the stove before him is burning,

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