Baruch dismayed.

¹⁾The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

²⁾Thus saith the LORDLord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:;

³⁾Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORDLord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

⁴⁾Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORDLord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

⁵⁾And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not:; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD:Lord; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all the places whither thou goest.