¹² and I gave the deed of purchase to ^(A)Baruch the son of ^(B)Neriah, the son of Mahseiah, in the sight of Hanamel my uncle’s son and in the sight of the witnesses who signed the deed of purchase, before all the Jews who were sitting in the court of the guard.

Jeremiah Prays and God Explains

¹⁶ “After I had given the deed of purchase to Baruch the son of Neriah, then I ^(A)prayed to the Lord, saying,

³ but ^(A)Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us to give us over into the hand of the Chaldeans, so they will put us to death or exile us to Babylon.”

⁶ the men, the women, the ^[a]children, the ^(A)king’s daughters and ^(B)every person that Nebuzaradan the captain of the bodyguard had left with Gedaliah the son of Ahikam ^[b]and grandson of Shaphan, together with ^(C)Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch the son of Neriah—