Jeremiah 45
JPS TaNaKH 1917
Chapter overview
Baruch laments the sorrow and exhaustion he carries while recording Jeremiah's words. God reminds him that the entire land faces upheaval, tells him not to seek greatness for himself, and promises that wherever he goes his life will be preserved.
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1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
2'Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning thee, O Baruch: Thou didst say:
3Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
4Thus shalt thou say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.'
JPS TaNaKH 1917 — Public Domain. Where these translations come from.