| 1 | The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, |
| 2 | "Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: |
| 3 | `You said, "Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest." ` |
| 4 | Thus you shall say to him, `Thus says the Lord: "Behold, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land. |
| 5 | And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh," says the Lord. "But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go." ` " |