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, in the sight of all the Jews who were sitting in the courtyard of the guard.

Jeremiah Prays and God Explains

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

³ but ^(A)Baruch the son of Neriah is inciting you against us in order to hand us over to 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 whom 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—