12 he went down to the scribes’ chamber in the royal palace. There he found all the officials meeting together: Elishama the scribe; Delaiah, Shemaiah’s son; Elnathan, Achbor’s son; Gemariah, Shaphan’s son; Zedekiah, Hananiah’s son, and all the other officials.
13 Micaiah told them all the words he heard Baruch read from the scroll before the people.
14 Then all the officials sent Jehudi, Nethaniah’s son and Shelemiah’s grandson, and Cushi’s great-grandson, to Baruch: "Take the scroll you read to the people and come with me."So Baruch, Neriah’s son, took the scroll and went to the officials.
15 They said to him, "Sit down and read it to us." So Baruch read it to them.
16 When they heard all its words, they were alarmed and said to Baruch: "We must at once report all this to the king!"
17 Then they asked Baruch, "Tell us, how did you write all these words? Did they come from Jeremiah?"
18 Baruch replied, "He dictated all the words to me, and I wrote them with ink in the scroll."