¹² and gave the purchase agreement to Baruch^(A) son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah. I did this in the sight of my cousin^[a] Hanamel, the witnesses who were signing the purchase agreement, and all the Judeans sitting in the guard’s courtyard.

¹³ “I instructed Baruch in their sight, ¹⁴ ‘This is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Take these scrolls—this purchase agreement with the sealed copy and this open copy—and put them in an earthen storage jar so they will last a long time. ¹⁵ For this is what the Lord of Hosts, the God of Israel, says: Houses, fields, and vineyards will again be bought in this land.’^(B)

¹⁶ “After I had given the purchase agreement to Baruch, son of Neriah, I prayed to the Lord:

³ Rather, Baruch son of Neriah is inciting you against us to hand us over to the Chaldeans to put us to death or to deport us to Babylon!”

⁶ the men, women, children, king’s daughters, and everyone whom Nebuzaradan, captain of the guard, had allowed to remain with Gedaliah son of Ahikam son of Shaphan,^(A) along with Jeremiah the prophet and Baruch son of Neriah—

The Lord’s Message to Baruch

45 This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah^(A) when he wrote these words on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation^[a](B) in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:^{(C) 2} “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: