¹The word that Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed] the prophet spoke unto Barukh [Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous)] the son of Neriyah [lamp of Yehovah] , when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Yirmeyahu [whom Yehovah has appointed] , in the fourth year of Y’hoyakim [Yehovah raises up] the son of Yoshiyahu [whom Yehovah heals] king of Y’hudah [Let Him (God) Be Praised] , saying,

²Thus says the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) , the God-Elōhīm (The Living Word) [The Many Powered] of Yisra’el [He Holds Onto The Heel Of God] , unto youi , O Barukh [Blessed (Favored by God; happy; prosperous)] ;

³youi did say, Woe is me now! for the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) has added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

⁴Thus shall youi say unto him, The Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) says thus; Behold, [that] which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

⁵And seek youi great things for yourself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says the Lord -Yehōvah (Messiah Pre-Incarnate) : but youi life will I give unto youi for a prey in all places to which youi go.