Jeremiah 45

¹ The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to 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 says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:

³ You said, ‘Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.’

⁴ You shall tell him, ‘Thus says Yahweh: “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.

⁵ Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh; ‘but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.’”