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 the
LORD, the
God of
Israel, unto thee, O
Baruch;
3 Thou didst
say,
Woe is me now! for the
LORD hath
added grief to my
sorrow; I
fainted in my
sighing, and I
find no
rest.
4 Thus shalt thou
say unto him, The
LORD saith thus; Behold, that 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 them not: for, behold, I will
bring evil upon all
flesh,
saith the
LORD: but thy
life will I
give unto thee for a
prey in all
places whither thou
goest.