Now these are the words of the letter that Jeremiah the prophet sent from Jerusalem unto the residue of the elders of the captivity, and to the priests, and to the prophets, and to all the people, whom Nebuchadnezzar had carried away captive from Jerusalem to Babylon,
And þese ben þe wordis of þe book, whiche Jeremye, þe profete, sente fro Jerusalem to þe residues of eldere men of passyng ouer, and to þe preestis, and to þe profetis, and to al þe puple, whom Nabugodonosor hadde ledde ouer fro Jerusalem in to Babiloyne,