The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch 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,
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George Leo Haydock
AD 1849
Book, which Joakim burnt, and sought the life of the prophets, chap. xxxvi. (Calmet)
Baruch apprised of the general distress, weeps for it, and his life is spared. (Worthington)