Baruch 1:5-7

New Revised Standard Version, Anglicised

⁵ Then they wept, and fasted, and prayed before the Lord; ⁶ they collected as much money as each could give, ⁷ and sent it to Jerusalem to the high priest^[a] Jehoiakim son of Hilkiah son of Shallum, and to the priests, and to all the people who were present with him in Jerusalem.