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."
19. The officials then said to Baruch, "You and Jeremiah had better go and hide. And don’t let anyone know where you are."
20. After leaving the scroll in the room of Elishama the scribe, they went to the king’s court and told him everything.
21. The king sent Jehudi to take the scroll, and he retrieved it from the room of Elishama the scribe. Then Jehudi read it to the king and all his royal officials who were standing next to the king.