Baruch the son of Neriah did according to all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, (A)reading from the book the words of the Lord in the Lord’s house.

Now in the (B)fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the (C)ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who (D)came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a (E)fast before the Lord. 10 Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord in the (F)chamber of (G)Gemariah the son of Shaphan the (H)scribe, in the upper court, at the (I)entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house, to all the people.

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