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So Baruch the son of Neriah acted in accordance with all that Jeremiah the prophet commanded him, ^(C1)reading from the book the words of the LORD in the LORD'S house.

Now in the ^(C1)fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ^(C2)ninth month, all the people in Jerusalem and all the people who ^(C3)came from the cities of Judah to Jerusalem proclaimed a ^(C4)fast before the LORD.

Then Baruch read to all the people from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the LORD in the ^(C1)chamber of ^(C2)Gemariah the son of Shaphan the ^(C3)scribe, in the upper courtyard, at the ^(C4)entry of the New Gate of the LORD'S house.