1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2Thus says Yehovah, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3You said, Woe is me now! for Yehovah has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest. 4Thus you shall say to him, Thus says Yehovah: Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land. 5And do you seek great things for yourself? do not seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says Yehovah; but your life I will give to you for a prey in all places where you go.