“And it came to pass in the fifth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, in the ninth month, that they proclaimed a fast before the LORD to all the people in Jerusalem, and to all the people that came from the cities of Judah unto Jerusalem.”
King James Version (KJV)
36:10 Then read - Most likely out of some window, or balcony, the people being below, and hearing it.