1The word 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, 2This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says, to you, O Baruch: 3You said, Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest. 4Thus you will say to him, Thus says Yahweh: Look, 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, look, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life I will give to you for a prey in all places where you go.