Na ɛbae Yuda hene Yehoiakim a ɔyɛ Yosia ba afe a ɛto so anan mu, asɛm yi fii Awurade nkyɛn baa Yeremia nkyɛn sɛ: Fa nhoma mmobɔwee bi kura, na kyerɛw nsɛm a maka makyerɛ wo, Israel ne Yuda ne amanaman no nyinaa ho no nyinaa, fi da a mekasa mekyerɛɛ wo, fi Yosia bere so de bedu nnɛ da yi no hyɛ mu. Ebia Yuda fi betie bɔne a mabɔ me tirim sɛ mɛyɛ wɔn no nyinaa, na wɔasan afi wɔn akwammɔne so, na mede wɔn amumɔyɛ ne wɔn bɔne mafiri wɔn. (Yer. 36:1-3)

 4. Bere a Yeremia boaboaa ne nkɔmhyɛ asɛm no nyinaa ano wiei no, ɔka kyerɛɛ Yerusalem wɔ ɔkwan bɛn so, na dɛn ntia?

⁴ Osetieyɛ mu no Yeremia kaa asɛm no kyerɛɛ ne kyerɛwfo Baruk, Neria ba no. Nhoma a ɔkyerɛwee no yɛ nea nsɛm a Yehowa ka kyerɛɛ Yeremia, efi Ɔhene Yosia ahenni afe a ɛto so 13, afe a Yehowa frɛɛ aberante Yeremia a na wapaw no sɛ ɔsɔfo no sɛ ɔmmɛyɛ odiyifo, no so reba, no nyinaa wom. Bere a owiee nhoma mmobɔwee no kyerɛw no, Yeremia tee nka sɛ ɔrentumi nkɔ Yerusalem a ɛne Lewifo kurow Anatot ntam yɛ akwansin abiɛsa pɛ no, nkɔkenkan nhoma mmobɔwee no wɔ asɔrefi adiwo hɔ. Enti, ɔsomaa ne kyerɛwfo Baruk sɛ ɔnkɔyɛ saa, na ɔde kaa ho sɛ: “Ebia wɔn nkotɔsrɛ bedu Awurade [Yehowa] anim, na wɔasan afi wɔn akwammɔne so, efisɛ abufuw ne abufuhyew asɛm a Awurade [Yehowa] aka ɔman yi ho no sõ kokuroo.”​—Yer. 36:4-7.