1 In|strong="H5921" the|strong="H0853" fourth|strong="H7243" year|strong="H8141" that|strong="H0834" Jehoiakim|strong="H3079" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Josiah|strong="H2977" was|strong="H0834" king|strong="H4428" of|strong="H1121" Judah|strong="H3063", Jeremiah|strong="H3414" the|strong="H0853" prophet|strong="H5030" spoke|strong="H1696" these|strong="H0428" things|strong="H1697" to|strong="H0413" Baruch|strong="H1263" son|strong="H1121" of|strong="H1121" Neriah|strong="H5374". Baruch|strong="H1263" wrote|strong="H3789" them|strong="H0413" on|strong="H5921" a|strong="H1696" scroll|strong="H5612". This|strong="H0428" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" Jeremiah|strong="H3414" said|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0413" Baruch|strong="H1263":
2 “This|strong="H3541" is|strong="H3068" what|strong="H3541" the|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068", the|strong="H0559" God|strong="H0430" of|strong="H0430" Israel|strong="H3478", says|strong="H0559" to|strong="H0559" you|strong="H5921":
3 ‘Baruch, you|strong="H3588" have|strong="H4672" said|strong="H0559", “It|strong="H5921" is|strong="H3068" very bad for|strong="H3588" me|strong="H4994". The|strong="H0559" LORD|strong="H3068" has|strong="H3068" given me|strong="H4994" sorrow|strong="H3015" along|strong="H5921" with|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" pain|strong="H4341". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" very tired|strong="H3021". I|strong="H3588" am|strong="H3068" worn|strong="H3021" out|strong="H5921" because|strong="H3588" of|strong="H3068" my|strong="H3068" suffering. I|strong="H3588" cannot|strong="H3808" find|strong="H4672" rest|strong="H4496".”
4 Jeremiah|strong="H0776", tell|strong="H0559" Baruch that|strong="H0834" this|strong="H1931" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" says|strong="H0559": I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" tear|strong="H2040" down|strong="H2040" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" built|strong="H1129", and|strong="H3068" I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" pull|strong="H2040" up|strong="H1129" what|strong="H0834" I|strong="H0589" have|strong="H0834" planted|strong="H5193". I|strong="H0589" will|strong="H3068" do|strong="H0589" that|strong="H0834" everywhere|strong="H3605" in|strong="H0413" Judah.
5 Baruch, you|strong="H0859" are|strong="H0834" looking|strong="H1245" for|strong="H3588" great|strong="H1419" things|strong="H3605" for|strong="H3588" yourself|strong="H0859". Don’t|strong="H0408" look|strong="H2005" for|strong="H3588" them|strong="H5414", because|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" make|strong="H5414" terrible|strong="H7451" things|strong="H3605" happen to|strong="H0935" all|strong="H3605" the|strong="H3605" people|strong="H5315".’ This|strong="H3588" is|strong="H0834" what|strong="H0834" the|strong="H3605" LORD|strong="H3068" said. ‘You|strong="H0859" will|strong="H3068" have|strong="H0834" to|strong="H0935" go|strong="H0935" many|strong="H1419" places|strong="H4725". But|strong="H3588" I|strong="H0834" will|strong="H3068" let|strong="H5414" you|strong="H0859" escape|strong="H7998" alive|strong="H5315" wherever|strong="H0834" you|strong="H0859" go|strong="H0935".’”