1In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:
2“Take a scroll and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations, from the day I first spoke to you during the reign of Josiah until today.
3Perhaps when the people of Judah hear about all the calamity I plan to bring upon them, each of them will turn from his wicked way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”
4So Jeremiah called Baruch son of Neriah, and at the dictation of Jeremiah, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words that the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.
5Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch, “I am restricted; I cannot enter the house of the LORD;
— Jeremiah 36:1-5