{Jer 25:1-15-38, 36:1-32, 45:1-46:28 ^**}

    ^45:1 The 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, ^45:2 Jehovah says thus, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: ^45:3 You said, Woe is me now! For Jehovah has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning and I find no rest.

    ^45:4 Thus you will say to him, Jehovah says thus: Behold, what I have built I will break down and what I have planted I will pluck up and this in the whole land.

    ^45:5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not, for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says Jehovah, but your life I will give to you for a prey in all places where you go.