²¹ So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.

¹⁰ Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he was reading it before the king.

¹⁸ Then Shaphan the scribe said to the king, Hilkiah the priest has given me a book; and he made a start at reading some of it to the king.

⁴ And the children are hard and stiff-hearted; I am sending you to them: and you are to say to them, These are the words of the Lord.

⁵ And they, if they give ear to you or if they do not give ear (for they are an uncontrolled people), will see that there has been a prophet among them.

²⁸ If a prophet has a dream, let him give out his dream; and he who has my word, let him give out my word in good faith. What has the dry stem to do with the grain? says the Lord.

² This is what the Lord has said: Take your place in the open square of the Lord's house and say to all the towns of Judah, who come into the Lord's house for worship, everything I give you orders to say to them: keep back not a word;

¹⁵ Then they said to him, Be seated now, and give us a reading from it. So Baruch did so, reading it to them.