Baruch 1:9-11

New Catholic Bible

⁹ after King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon had deported Jeconiah from Jerusalem together with the princes, artisans, nobles, and the people, and brought them to Babylon as captives.

¹⁰ A Message to Jerusalem. This is the message they sent: “Use this money we are sending you to purchase burnt offerings, sin offerings, and frankincense, and to prepare grain offerings. Offer these on the altar of the Lord, our God, ¹¹ along with prayers for Nebuchadnezzar, king of Babylon, and his son Belshazzar,^[a] that their lifetimes may continue as long as the heavens are above the earth.