Old Testament · SCRIPTURE
Jeremiah 36:24
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Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
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Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, [neither] the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
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The king and his servants who heard all these words were not afraid, and didn’t tear their garments.
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And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.
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Jeremiah 36
22 Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning before him.
23 And as soon as Jehudi had read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut them off with a scribe’s knife and throw them into the firepot, until the entire scroll had been consumed by the fire.
24 Yet in hearing all these words, the king and his servants did not become frightened or tear their garments.
25 Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah 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, as well as Seraiah son of Azriel and Shelemiah son of Abdeel, to seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet. But the LORD had hidden them.
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