[1] The words which Jeremiah the prophet said to Baruch, the son of Neriah,
when he put these words down in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the
fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah; he said, [2]
This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of you, O Baruch: [3]
You said, Sorrow is mine! for the Lord has given me sorrow in addition to
my pain; I am tired with the sound of my sorrow, and I get no rest. [4]
This is what you are to say to him: The Lord has said, Truly, the building
which I put up will be broken down, and that which was planted by me will
be uprooted, and this through all the land; [5] And as for you, are you
looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I
will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe
from attack wherever you go.