1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke tosSee ch. 32:12 Baruch the son of Neriah,tSee ch. 36:4, 18 when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah,uch. 36:1 in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2 “Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 3 You said,v[ch. 36:26] ‘Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain.wPs. 6:6 I am weary with my groaning,xLam. 1:3; 5:5 and I find no rest. ’ 4 Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord :ych. 31:28; [Isa. 5:5] Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land. 5 Andz[Ps. 131:1, 2; Rom. 12:16] do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for behold,a[ch. 25:26, 29] I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the Lord. But I will give youbch. 21:9; 39:18 your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go. ”