Message to Baruch
1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke toBaruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the dictation 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! For the Lordhas added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaningandsighing and I find no rest.”’
4 Say this to him, ‘The Lordspeaks in this way, “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, that is, the whole land.”
5 ~‘And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring disaster on all flesh,’ says the Lord, ‘but I will give your life to you [as your only reward and] as a prize of war wherever you go.’”