1 The words which Jeremiah the prophet said to Baruch, the son of Neriah, when he put these words down in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, king of Judah; he said,2 This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, has said of you, O Baruch:3 You said, Sorrow is mine! for the Lord has given me sorrow in addition to my pain; I am tired with the sound of my sorrow, and I get no rest.4 This is what you are to say to him: The Lord has said, Truly, the building which I put up will be broken down, and that which was planted by me will be uprooted, and this through all the land;5 And as for you, are you looking for great things for yourself? Have no desire for them: for truly I will send evil on all flesh, says the Lord: but your life I will keep safe from attack wherever you go.

1 Verbum quod locutus est Jeremias propheta ad Baruch filium Neri, cum scripsisset verba hc in libro ex ore Jeremi, anno quarto Joakim filii Josi regis Juda, dicens : 2 Hc dicit Dominus Deus Isral ad te, Baruch : 3 Dixisti : V misero mihi ! quoniam addidit Dominus dolorem dolori meo : laboravi in gemitu meo, et requiem non inveni. 4 Hc dicit Dominus : Sic dices ad eum : Ecce quos dificavi, ego destruo : et quos plantavi, ego evello, et universam terram hanc : 5 et tu quris tibi grandia ? Noli qurere, quia ecce ego adducam malum super omnem carnem, ait Dominus, et dabo tibi animam tuam in salutem in omnibus locis ad qucumque perrexeris.