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22 Now the king was sitting in the quarters of the winter in the ninth month, and a fire-pot was burning before[a] him. 23 And then,[b] as Jehudi read three or four columns, he would cut it up in pieces with the knife of the scribe, and he would throw it[c] into the fire that was in the fire-pot until the whole of the scroll was consumed in the fire that was in the fire-pot. 24 And the king and any of his servants who heard all these words were not startled, and they did not tear their garments.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 36:22 Literally “to the face of”
  2. Jeremiah 36:23 Literally “and it was”
  3. Jeremiah 36:23 Here the direct object is supplied from context in the English translation