Baruch 1:3-5

New Catholic Bible

³ Baruch read aloud the text of this book to Jeconiah, son of Jehoiakim, king of Judah, and to all those who came to hear his words: ⁴ to the nobles, the princes, the elders, and the entire populace of both exalted and lowly rank—that is, all the people who lived in Babylon by the River Sud.^[a]

⁵ Then they wept and fasted and raised their voices in prayer before the Lord.