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23 And then,[a] 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[b] 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. 25 And even when Elnathan, and Delaiah, and Gemariah urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them.

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Footnotes

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