Jeremiah promises Baruch that his life shall be preserved.

 THE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto ^aBaruch^• the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

 Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;

 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no ^arest^•.

 ¶ Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I ^abreak^• down, and that which I have planted I will ^bpluck^• up, even ^cthis^• whole land.

 And ^aseekest^• thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy ^blife^• will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.