and I delivered the deed of the purchase unto Baruch the son of Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel mine uncle's (son), and in the presence of the witnesses that subscribed the deed of the purchase, before all the Jews that sat in the court of the guard.
Therefore all the princes sent Jehudi the son of Nethaniah, the son of Shelemiah, the son of Cushi, unto Baruch, saying, Take in thy hand the roll wherein thou hast read in the ears of the people, and come. So Baruch the son of Neriah took the roll in his hand, and came unto them.
Then Baruch answered them, He pronounced all these words unto me with his mouth, and I wrote them with ink in the book.
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
And when I looked, behold, a hand was put forth unto me; and, lo, a roll of a book was therein;