Jeremiah 45

Assurance to Baruch

¹The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,[#Jer. 36:1, 4, 32; #Jer. 32:12, 16; 43:3; #Jer. 25:1; 36:1; 46:2]

²“Thus says the Lord , the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:

³‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’[#Ps. 6:6; 69:3; (2 Cor. 4:1, 16; Gal. 6:9)]

⁴“Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord : “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land.[#Is. 5:5; Jer. 1:10; 11:17; 18:7–10; 31:28]

⁵And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh,” says the Lord . “But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.” ’ ”[#Jer. 25:17–26; #Jer. 21:9; 38:2; 39:18]