1 The word that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah when he wrote these words in a book at Jeremiah's dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
2 "Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, about you, Baruch:
3 You said, 'Woe is me now, for the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.'
4 This is what you are to say to him: Thus says the LORD: See, what I built I am tearing down, and what I planted I am uprooting, and that is the whole land.
5 And you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them! For see, I am bringing evil on all flesh, declares the LORD; but I will give you your life as a prize of war in all the places where you go."