17. Then the officers asked Baruch, “Tell us, Baruch, where did you get these words you wrote on the scroll? Did you write down what Jeremiah said to you?”
18. “Yes,” Baruch answered. “Jeremiah spoke, and I wrote down all the words with ink on this scroll.”
19. Then the officers said to Baruch, “You and Jeremiah must go and hide. Don’t tell anyone where you are hiding.”