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26 Instead King Jehoiakim commanded some men to arrest Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. These men were Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel. But they could not find Baruch and Jeremiah, because the Lord had hidden them.

27 King Jehoiakim burned the scroll on which Baruch had written all the words that Jeremiah had spoken to him. Then this message from the Lord came to Jeremiah:

28 “Get another scroll. Write all the messages on it that were on the first scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.

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26 Instead, the king commanded Jerahmeel, a son of the king, Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to arrest(A) Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the Lord had hidden(B) them.

27 After the king burned the scroll containing the words that Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation,(C) the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah: 28 “Take another scroll(D) and write on it all the words that were on the first scroll, which Jehoiakim king of Judah burned up.

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