This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch, son of Neriah. Baruch wrote these things on a scroll (book) as Jeremiah dictated them during the fourth year that Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah. Jeremiah said:

This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says to you, Baruch:

You said: I am so miserable! Jehovah has added grief to my pain. I am worn out from groaning. I cannot find any rest.

Say this to Baruch: 'This is what Jehovah says: I will tear down what I have built. I will uproot what I have planted throughout the earth.

Are you looking for great things for yourself? Do not look for them. I am going to bring disaster on all people! Declares Jehovah, But wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.