11-12. The moment Micaiah the son of Gemariah heard what was being read from the scroll—God’s Message!—he went straight to the palace and to the chambers of the secretary of state where all the government officials were holding a meeting: Elishama the secretary, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other government officials.
13. Micaiah reported everything he had heard Baruch read from the scroll as the officials listened.
14. Immediately they dispatched Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Semaiah, son of Cushi, to Baruch, ordering him, “Take the scroll that you have read to the people and bring it here.” So Baruch went and retrieved the scroll.
15. The officials told him, “Sit down. Read it to us, please.” Baruch read it.
16. When they had heard it all, they were upset. They talked it over. “We’ve got to tell the king all this.”
17. They asked Baruch, “Tell us, how did you come to write all this? Was it at Jeremiah’s dictation?”
18. Baruch said, “That’s right. Every word right from his own mouth. And I wrote it down, word for word, with pen and ink.”