He prowled among the lions, and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.

它在众狮子中走来走去，成了少壮狮子，学会抓食而吃人。

它在众狮子中徜徉，长大成为少壮狮子，学会抓食，它就吃人。

它在众狮子中徜徉，长大成为少壮狮子，学会抓食，它就吃人。

它出入狮群，学会了捕食和吃人。

它在狮子群中行走；它已成了一只少壮的狮子，它学会了撕碎猎物，把人吃掉。

牠在眾獅子中走來走去，成了少壯獅子，學會抓食而吃人。

牠在眾獅子中徜徉，長大成為少壯獅子，學會抓食，牠就吃人。

牠在眾獅子中徜徉，長大成為少壯獅子，學會抓食，牠就吃人。

牠出入獅群，學會了捕食和吃人。

牠在獅子群中行走；牠已成了一隻少壯的獅子，牠學會了撕碎獵物，把人吃掉。

這獅在眾獅子中走來走去；成了少壯獅子，學會了抓撕所抓到之物而喫人。

往來於眾獅間、為獅之雄、學攫物而噬人、

既為壯獅、往來於眾獅間、學攫物噬人、害其嫠婦、害其嫠婦或作拆其宮室

He prowled among the lions, for he was now a strong lion. He learned to tear the prey and he became a man- eater.

He prowled with the lions. He became very strong. He learned to tear apart what he caught. And he became a man- eater.

He prowled among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch prey; he devoured men,

He prowled among the other lions and stood out among them in his strength. He learned to hunt and devour prey, and he, too, became a man eater.

And he walked about among the lions, He became a young lion; He learned to tear his prey; He devoured people.

He roved among the lions, And became a young lion; He learned to catch prey; He devoured men.

And he went up and down among the lions; he became a young lion, and he learned to catch the prey; he devoured men.

He prowled among the lions, and he became a young lion. After he learned to tear prey, he devoured people.

And he went up and down among the lions, he became a young lion, and learned to catch the prey,[ and] devoured men.

He walked about among the lions; he became a young lion. He learned to tear prey; he devoured people.

He went up and down among the lions. He became a young lion. He learned to catch the prey. He devoured men.

Jehoiakim was twenty-five years old when he became king, and he reigned eleven years in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the sight of the LORD his God.

He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight just as his father had done.

In the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD:“ Take a scroll, and write on it all the words I have spoken to you concerning Israel, Judah, and all the nations from the time I first spoke to you during Josiah’s reign until today.Perhaps when the house of Judah hears about all the disaster I am planning to bring on them, each one of them will turn from his evil way. Then I will forgive their iniquity and their sin.”So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. At Jeremiah’s dictation, Baruch wrote on a scroll all the words the LORD had spoken to Jeremiah.Then Jeremiah commanded Baruch,“ I am restricted; I cannot enter the temple of the LORD,so you must go and read from the scroll— which you wrote at my dictation— the words of the LORD in the hearing of the people at the temple of the LORD on a day of fasting. Read his words in the hearing of all the Judeans who are coming from their cities.Perhaps their petition will come before the LORD, and each one will turn from his evil way, for the anger and fury that the LORD has pronounced against this people are intense.”So Baruch son of Neriah did everything the prophet Jeremiah had commanded him. At the LORD’s temple he read the LORD’s words from the scroll.In the fifth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, in the ninth month, all the people of Jerusalem and all those coming in from Judah’s cities into Jerusalem proclaimed a fast before the LORD.Then at the LORD’s temple, in the chamber of Gemariah son of Shaphan the scribe, in the upper courtyard at the opening of the New Gate of the LORD’s temple, in the hearing of all the people, Baruch read Jeremiah’s words from the scroll.When Micaiah son of Gemariah, son of Shaphan, heard all the words of the LORD from the scroll,he went down to the scribe’s chamber in the king’s palace. All the officials were sitting there— Elishama the scribe, Delaiah son of Shemaiah, Elnathan son of Achbor, Gemariah son of Shaphan, Zedekiah son of Hananiah, and all the other officials.Micaiah reported to them all the words he had heard when Baruch read from the scroll in the hearing of the people.Then all the officials sent word to Baruch through Jehudi son of Nethaniah, son of Shelemiah, son of Cushi, saying,“ Bring the scroll that you read in the hearing of the people, and come.” So Baruch son of Neriah took the scroll and went to them.They said to him,“ Sit down and read it in our hearing.” So Baruch read it in their hearing.When they had heard all the words, they turned to each other in fear and said to Baruch,“ We must surely tell the king all these things.”Then they asked Baruch,“ Tell us, how did you write all these words? At his dictation?”Baruch said to them,“ At his dictation. He recited all these words to me while I was writing on the scroll in ink.”The officials said to Baruch,“ You and Jeremiah must hide and tell no one where you are.”Then, after depositing the scroll in the chamber of Elishama the scribe, the officials came to the king at the courtyard and reported everything in the hearing of the king.The king sent Jehudi to get the scroll, and he took it from the chamber of Elishama the scribe. Jehudi then read it in the hearing of the king and all the officials who were standing by the king.Since it was the ninth month, the king was sitting in his winter quarters with a fire burning in front of him.As soon as Jehudi would read three or four columns, Jehoiakim would cut the scroll with a scribe’s knife and throw the columns into the fire in the hearth until the entire scroll was consumed by the fire in the hearth.As they heard all these words, the king and all his servants did not become terrified or tear their clothes.Even though Elnathan, Delaiah, and Gemariah had urged the king not to burn the scroll, he did not listen to them.Then the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah son of Azriel, and Shelemiah son of Abdeel to seize the scribe Baruch and the prophet Jeremiah, but the LORD hid them.After the king had burned the scroll and the words Baruch had written at Jeremiah’s dictation, the word of the LORD came to Jeremiah:“ Take another scroll, and once again write on it the original words that were on the original scroll that King Jehoiakim of Judah burned.You are to proclaim concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah,‘ This is what the LORD says: You have burned the scroll, asking,“ Why have you written on it that the king of Babylon will certainly come and destroy this land and cause it to be without people or animals?”Therefore, this is what the LORD says concerning King Jehoiakim of Judah: He will have no one to sit on David’s throne, and his corpse will be thrown out to be exposed to the heat of day and the frost of night.I will punish him, his descendants, and his officers for their iniquity. I will bring on them, on the residents of Jerusalem, and on the people of Judah all the disaster, which I warned them about but they did not listen.’”Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch son of Neriah, the scribe, and he wrote on it at Jeremiah’s dictation all the words of the scroll that Jehoiakim, Judah’s king, had burned in the fire. And many other words like them were added.

Jehoiachin was eighteen years old when he became king, and he reigned three months and ten days in Jerusalem. He did what was evil in the LORD’s sight.

During Jehoiakim’s reign, King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon attacked. Jehoiakim became his vassal for three years, and then he turned and rebelled against him.The LORD sent Chaldean, Aramean, Moabite, and Ammonite raiders against Jehoiakim. He sent them against Judah to destroy it, according to the word of the LORD he had spoken through his servants the prophets.Indeed, this happened to Judah at the LORD’s command to remove them from his presence. It was because of the sins of Manasseh, according to all he had done,and also because of all the innocent blood he had shed. He had filled Jerusalem with innocent blood, and the LORD was not willing to forgive.The rest of the events of Jehoiakim’s reign, along with all his accomplishments, are written in the Historical Record of Judah’s Kings.Jehoiakim rested with his ancestors, and his son Jehoiachin became king in his place.Now the king of Egypt did not march out of his land again, for the king of Babylon took everything that had belonged to the king of Egypt, from the Brook of Egypt to the Euphrates River.

At the beginning of the reign of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, this word came from the LORD:“ This is what the LORD says: Stand in the courtyard of the LORD’s temple and speak all the words I have commanded you to speak to all Judah’s cities that are coming to worship there. Do not hold back a word.Perhaps they will listen and turn— each from his evil way of life— so that I might relent concerning the disaster that I plan to do to them because of the evil of their deeds.You are to say to them,‘ This is what the LORD says: If you do not listen to me by living according to my instruction that I set before youand by listening to the words of my servants the prophets— whom I have been sending to you time and time again, though you did not listen—I will make this temple like Shiloh. I will make this city an example for cursing for all the nations of the earth.’”The priests, the prophets, and all the people heard Jeremiah speaking these words in the temple of the LORD.When he finished the address the LORD had commanded him to deliver to all the people, immediately the priests, the prophets, and all the people took hold of him, yelling,“ You must surely die!How dare you prophesy in the name of the LORD,‘ This temple will become like Shiloh and this city will become an uninhabited ruin’!” Then all the people crowded around Jeremiah at the LORD’s temple.When the officials of Judah heard about these things, they went from the king’s palace to the LORD’s temple and sat at the entrance of the New Gate of the LORD’s temple.Then the priests and prophets said to the officials and all the people,“ This man deserves the death sentence because he has prophesied against this city, as you have heard with your own ears.”Then Jeremiah said to all the officials and all the people,“ The LORD sent me to prophesy all the words that you have heard against this temple and city.So now, correct your ways and deeds, and obey the LORD your God so that he might relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against you.As for me, here I am in your hands; do to me what you think is good and right.But know for certain that if you put me to death, you will bring innocent blood on yourselves, on this city, and on its residents, for it is certain the LORD has sent me to speak all these things directly to you.”Then the officials and all the people told the priests and prophets,“ This man doesn’t deserve the death sentence, for he has spoken to us in the name of the LORD our God!”Some of the elders of the land stood up and said to all the assembled people,“ Micah the Moreshite prophesied in the days of King Hezekiah of Judah and said to all the people of Judah,‘ This is what the LORD of Armies says: Zion will be plowed like a field, Jerusalem will become ruins, and the temple’s mountain will be a high thicket.’Did King Hezekiah of Judah and all the people of Judah put him to death? Did not the king fear the LORD and plead for the LORD’s favor, and did not the LORD relent concerning the disaster he had pronounced against them? We are about to bring a terrible disaster on ourselves!”Another man was also prophesying in the name of the LORD— Uriah son of Shemaiah from Kiriath-jearim. He prophesied against this city and against this land in words like all those of Jeremiah.King Jehoiakim, all his warriors, and all the officials heard his words, and the king tried to put him to death. When Uriah heard, he fled in fear and went to Egypt.But King Jehoiakim sent men to Egypt: Elnathan son of Achbor and certain other men with him went to Egypt.They brought Uriah out of Egypt and took him to King Jehoiakim, who executed him with the sword and threw his corpse into the burial place of the common people.But Ahikam son of Shaphan supported Jeremiah, so he was not handed over to the people to be put to death.

Woe for the one who builds his palace through unrighteousness, his upstairs rooms through injustice, who makes his neighbor serve without pay and will not give him his wages,who says,“ I will build myself a massive palace, with spacious upstairs rooms.” He will cut windows in it, and it will be paneled with cedar and painted bright red.Are you a king because you excel in cedar? Didn’t your father eat and drink and administer justice and righteousness? Then it went well with him.He took up the case of the poor and needy; then it went well. Is this not what it means to know me? This is the LORD’s declaration.But you have eyes and a heart for nothing except your own dishonest profit, shedding innocent blood and committing extortion and oppression.