Nevertheless Elnathan and Delaiah and Gemariah had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll: but he would not hear them.
Nevertheless Elnathan ... had made intercession to the king that he would not burn the roll; but he would not hear them - (note, Jeremiah 36:16). The "nevertheless" aggravates the king's sin: though (God would have drawn him back through their intercession, he persisted: judicial blindness and reprobation!