[1] The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth
year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, [2] Thus says
Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch: [3] You did say, Woe is me now!
for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I
find no rest. [4] Thus shall you tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that
which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will
pluck up; and this in the whole land. [5] Seek you great things for
yourself? Don`t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,
says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places
where you go.
