1The word which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words on a scroll from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:2Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning you, Baruch:3You said, 'Woe to me, please, for the LORD has added sorrow upon my pain. I have toiled in my sighing, and I have not found rest.'4Thus you shall say to him: Thus says the LORD: Behold, what I have built I am overthrowing, and what I have planted I am uprooting; and it is all the land.5And as for you, do not seek great things for yourself. For behold, I am bringing distress upon all flesh, declares the LORD, and I will give you your life as spoil in all the places where you go.