1 The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote 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 “Jehovah, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 3 ‘You said, “Woe is me now! for Jehovah has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’ 4 You shall tell him, Jehovah says: ‘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 Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Jehovah; but your life I will give to you for a prey in all places where you go.’”