1. The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2. Thus saith יְהוָ֥ה, the Elohim of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;

3. Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for יְהוָ֥ה hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

4. Thus shalt thou say unto him, יְהוָ֥ה saith thus; Behold, which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

5. And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith יְהוָ֥ה: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.