Now it happened in the fifth H2549 year H8141 of Jehoiakim H3079 the son H1121 of Josiah H2977, king H4428 of Judah H3063, in the ninth H8671 month H2320, that all H3605 the people H5971 in Jerusalem H3389 and all H3605 the people H5971 who came H935 from the cities H5892 of Judah H3063 to Jerusalem H3389 called H7121 for a fast H6685 before H6440 Yahweh H3068.
Then Jeremiah H3414 took H3947 another H312 scroll H4039 and gave H5414 it to Baruch H1263 the son H1121 of Neriah H5374, the scribe H5608, and he wrote H3789 on it at the dictation H6310 of Jeremiah H3414 all H3605 the words H1697 of the book H5612 which H834 Jehoiakim H3079 king H4428 of Judah H3063 had burned H8313 in the fire H784; and many H7227 [fn]similar words H1697 were added H3254 to them.
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