1This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah Jr 32:12 when he wrote these words on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation Lit scroll from Jeremiah’s mouth Jr 36:4,18 in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: Jr 36:1

2“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

3‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with Lit I labored in my groaning and have found no rest.” ’ Ps 6:6

4“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot Jr 24:6 — the whole land!

5But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I am about to bring disaster on every living creature’ — this is the Lord’s declaration — ‘but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war Jr 21:9; 38:2; 39:18 wherever you go.’ ”