Bible in Basic English
"But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words."
— Jeremiah 36:24, Bible in Basic English
“Yet they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words.”
“And they were not afraid, nor rent their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants that heard all these words. ”
“They were not afraid, nor tore their garments, neither the king, nor any of his servants who heard all these words.”
“Neither he nor any of his attendants showed any alarm when they heard all that had been read. Nor did they tear their clothes to show any grief or sorrow.”
So the king sent Jehudi to get the book, and he took it from the room of Elishama the scribe. And Jehudi gave a reading of it in the hearing of the king and all the rulers who were by the king's side.
Now the king was seated in the winter house, and a fire was burning in the fireplace in front of him.
And it came about that whenever Jehudi, in his reading, had got through three or four divisions, the king, cutting them with his penknife, put them into the fire, till all the book was burned up in the fire which was burning in the fireplace.
But they had no fear and gave no signs of grief, not the king or any of his servants, after hearing all these words.
And Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made a strong request to the king not to let the book be burned, but he would not give ear to them.
And the king gave orders to Jerahmeel, the king's son, and Seraiah, the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah, the son of Abdeel, to take Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet: but the Lord kept them safe.
Then after the book, in which Baruch had put down the words of Jeremiah, had been burned by the king, the word of the Lord came to Jeremiah, saying,