Message to Baruch
45 This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to (A)Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had (B)written these words in a book [a]at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the (C)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying: 2 “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says to you, Baruch: 3 ‘You said, “Oh, woe to me! For the Lord has added grief to my pain; I am (D)weary with my groaning and have found no rest.”’ 4 This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, (E)what I have built I am going to tear down, and what I have planted I am going to uproot, that is, all the people of the land.” 5 But as for you, are you (F)seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to (G)bring disaster on all flesh,’ declares the Lord, ‘but I will (H)give your life to you as plunder in all the places where you may go.’”
Footnotes
- Jeremiah 45:1 Lit from the mouth of Jeremiah
Cross references
- Jeremiah 45:1 : Jer 32:12, 16; 43:3, 6
- Jeremiah 45:1 : Jer 36:4, 18, 32
- Jeremiah 45:1 : 2 Kin 24:1; 2 Chr 36:5-7; Jer 25:1; 36:1; 46:2; Dan 1:1
- Jeremiah 45:3 : Ps 6:6; 69:3; 2 Cor 4:1, 16; Gal 6:9
- Jeremiah 45:4 : Is 5:5; Jer 1:10; 11:17; 18:7-10; 31:28
- Jeremiah 45:5 : 1 Kin 3:9, 11; 2 Kin 5:26; Matt 6:25, 32; Rom 12:16
- Jeremiah 45:5 : Is 66:16; Jer 25:31
- Jeremiah 45:5 : Jer 21:9; 38:2; 39:18