Text Appearing Before Image: is servant had read three or fourleaves of the book, the king took his penknife and cut them out, and threwthem into the fire; so he did till all the book was burned. And he was nottroubled or afraid, but was angry at Jeremiah and Baruch for writing the book,and sent his servants to take them, but the Lord hid them from him. Then the Lord commanded Jeremiah to take another roll and write in it allthe words that were written in the one which the king had burned. And Jere-miah took another roll and gave it to Baruch, and repeated to him the wordsthat had been written in the first roll, and beside these many more that theLord spoke to him. But the people hated Jeremiah for telling them of theirsins, and he complained to the Lord, saying, Though I have done them no evil,yet every one of them doth curse me. Then the Lord promised that when theenemies of Jerusalem should come to take the city, they should not harm Jere-miah : Truly, the Lord said, I will cause them to treat thee kindly. 176 Text Appearing After Image: 12 BARUCH WRITES DOWN FROM THE MOUTH OF JEREMIAH THE WORDS OF THE LORD. i-- Jekkmiaii XXXVI. 4. Jeeemiah Tells the King to Giye tip the City. JEHOIAKIM reigned eleven years, and he died, and Jehoiachin, his son, wasmade king in his place. Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he wasmade king, and he reigned three months in Jerusalem. Then Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, came up against him, as he had comeup against his father. And Jehoiachin promised to obey him. Then Nebuchad-nezzar went into the temple, as he did when he came up before, and carried outmore of the vessels of gold which Solomon made, and he cut them in pieces; hecame also into the kings palace and took away the treasures that were there.• And he took king Jehoiachin, his mother, his wives, and the princes of Judah;also the builders, the smiths, and the carpenters, and all the strong and bravesoldiers that were in Jerusalem, and carried them to Babylon. After they had gone to Babylon, the prophet Jeremiah wrote a l
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