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25 Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah begged the king not to burn the scroll, but he wouldn’t listen to them.

26 The king commanded Jerahmeel, the king’s son, along with Seraiah, Azriel’s son, and Shelemiah, Abdeel’s son, to arrest the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah. But the Lord hid them.

27 The Lord’s word came to Jeremiah after the king had burned the scroll containing the words written by Baruch at Jeremiah’s dictation:

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25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah(A) and Gemariah(B) urged the king not to burn the scroll, he would not listen to them. 26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest(C) Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden(D) them.

27 After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation,(E) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah:

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