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Jeremiah summoned Neriah’s son Baruch and at Jeremiah’s dictation, Baruch wrote on the scroll all the words of the Lord that he had spoken to him.

Jeremiah instructed Baruch, “I’m confined and can’t go to the Lord’s Temple. You go and read the words of the Lord that you wrote at my dictation from the scroll. Read them[a] to[b] the people at the Lord’s Temple on the fast day. Also read them to all the people of Judah who are coming from their towns.

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  1. Jeremiah 36:6 The Heb. lacks Read them
  2. Jeremiah 36:6 Lit. scroll in the hearing of

So Jeremiah called Baruch(A) son of Neriah,(B) and while Jeremiah dictated(C) all the words the Lord had spoken to him, Baruch wrote them on the scroll.(D) Then Jeremiah told Baruch, “I am restricted; I am not allowed to go to the Lord’s temple. So you go to the house of the Lord on a day of fasting(E) and read to the people from the scroll the words of the Lord that you wrote as I dictated.(F) Read them to all the people of Judah(G) who come in from their towns.

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