“Then Jeremiah
Took another scroll.
He gave it
To his secretary Baruch,
The son of Neriah.
He wrote on it,
At Jeremiah’s dictation,
All the words of the scroll
That King Jehoiakim
Of Judah
Had burned in the fire.
Many similar words
Were added to them.”
Jeremiah took a new scroll and gave it to his secretary Baruch. While Jeremiah dictated, Baruch wrote on this scroll all the things that were in the first scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah had burned. However, they also added more similar words. Many believe that this is the scroll that comes down to us as the first 25 chapters of the current Book of Jeremiah.