1 It was year 4 for King Jehoiakim of Judah. God talked to Jeremiah. ️️ 2 God said, “Take a scroll. Write My words from long ago till now. Write about Israel, Judah, and many lands.” ✍️ 3 “Maybe the people will hear. Maybe they will stop bad. Then I will not punish them.” ➡️ 4 Jeremiah told Baruch the words. Baruch wrote them on a scroll. ️ 5 Jeremiah said, “I cannot go to God’s house.” 6 “You go on the day to not eat. Read the scroll to the people.” ️ 7 “Maybe they will pray. Maybe they will stop bad. God is very angry now.” ⚠️ 8 Baruch did it. He read the words in God’s house. ✅️ 9 Later, in month 9 of year 5 of King Jehoiakim, the people did not eat to pray. Many came to Jerusalem. ️♀️♂️ 10 Baruch read in God’s house, in a room by the New Gate. 11 A man named Micaiah heard the words. 12 He ran to the king’s house. Many leaders sat there. ⚖️⚖️ 13 Micaiah told the leaders all the words. ️ 14 The leaders sent a man to get Baruch and the scroll. Baruch came with the scroll. ♂️ 15 They said, “Please read.” Baruch read it to them. 16 They heard the words and got scared. They said, “We will tell the king.” 17 They asked Baruch, “How did you write this?” ❓ 18 Baruch said, “Jeremiah said the words. I wrote with ink.” ️ 19 The leaders said, “Go hide, you and Jeremiah. Do not tell where you are.” ️ 20 They told the king the words. They kept the scroll in a room. 21 The king sent a man to get the scroll. He read it to the king and the leaders. 22 It was winter. The king sat by a fire. ❄️ 23 As the man read, the king cut the scroll and threw it in the fire. He burned it all. ✂️ 24 The king and his helpers were not scared. They did not feel sad. 25 Some leaders said, “Do not burn it!” But the king would not listen. 26 The king said, “Grab Baruch and Jeremiah!” But God hid them and kept them safe. ️ 27 After the burn, God talked to Jeremiah again. ️ 28 God said, “Take a new scroll. Write the same words again.” ✍️ 29 “Say to King Jehoiakim, ‘You burned the scroll. You asked, Why say the king of Babylon will come and hurt this land?’” 30 God said, “No son of yours will be king after you. You will die and be left in hot day and cold night.” ☀️❄️ 31 God said, “I will punish the king, his kids, and his helpers. I will bring the bad I said to Judah and Jerusalem.” ⚖️⚠️ 32 Jeremiah got a new scroll. He told the words. Baruch wrote them all again. He wrote even more words. ️