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25 Elnatan, D’layahu and G’maryahu had begged the king not to burn the scroll; but he wouldn’t listen to them. 26 Then the king ordered Yerachme’el the king’s son, S’rayahu the son of ‘Azri’el and Shelemyahu the son of ‘Avde’el to arrest Barukh the scribe and Yirmeyahu the prophet; but Adonai hid them.

27 Then this word of Adonai came to Yirmeyahu after the king had burned the scroll with the words Barukh had written at Yirmeyahu’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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