⁴ Then Jeremiah called ^(A)Baruch the son of Neriah, and Baruch wrote on a ^[a](B)scroll ^[b]at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the Lord which He had spoken to him.

¹⁰ Then Baruch read from the book the words of Jeremiah in the house of the Lord in the ^(A)chamber of ^(B)Gemariah the son of Shaphan the ^(C)scribe, in the upper court, at the ^(D)entry of the New Gate of the Lord’s house, to all the people.

²⁶ And the king commanded Jerahmeel the king’s son, Seraiah the son of Azriel, and Shelemiah the son of Abdeel to ^(A)seize Baruch the scribe and Jeremiah the prophet, but the ^(B)Lord hid them.

³² Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the son of Neriah, the scribe, and he ^(A)wrote on it at the dictation of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire; and many ^[a]similar words were added to them.

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—

Message to Baruch

45 This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to ^(A)Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had ^(B)written down these words in a book ^[a]at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the ^(C)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying: ² “Thus says the Lord the God of Israel to you, O Baruch: ³ ‘You said, “Ah, woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am ^(D)weary with my groaning and have found no rest.”’