The prophecy we have in this chapter concerns Baruch only, yet is intended for the support and encouragement of all the Lord’s people that serve him faithfully and keep closely to him in difficult trying times.

How Baruch was employed in writing Jeremiah’s prophecies, and reading them, we had an account Jer. 36:1–32, and how he was threatened for it by the king, warrants being out for him and he forced to abscond, and how narrowly he escaped under a divine protection, to which story this chapter should…