Baruch 1:1-3

Revised Standard Version

Baruch and the Jews in Babylon

1 These are the words of the book which Baruch the son of Nera′iah, son of Mahse′iah, son of Zedeki′ah, son of Hasadi′ah, son of Hilki′ah, wrote in Babylon, ² in the fifth year, on the seventh day of the month, at the time when the Chalde′ans took Jerusalem and burned it with fire. ³ And Baruch read the words of this book in the hearing of Jeconi′ah the son of Jehoi′akim, king of Judah, and in the hearing of all the people who came to hear the book,