Jeremiah 36:5-6

When the papyrus or parchment scroll was complete, Jeremiah instructed Baruch to take it and to read the prophecies to the people of Jerusalem and Judah in the temple courtyard. Baruch was to do this on a fast day so that many people would hear him. At this time in Israel’s history, the nation’s leaders sometimes called fast days in times of national emergency (cf. 2 Chronicles 20:3; Joel 1:14; Joel 2:12; Joel 2:15). Evidently Jeremiah anticipated a crisis, because Babylon had become the major power in the ancient Near East-the "enemy from the north"-with its victory at Carchemish. Jeremiah was restricted from going to the temple himself (Jeremiah 36:5) for reasons the text does not explain.