Jeremiah 45

The Lord’s Message to Baruch

¹This is the word that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah ^a when he wrote these words on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation ^b,^c in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: ^{d 2}“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: ³‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the Lord has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with ^e groaning and have found no rest.” ’ ^f

⁴“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: “What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot ^g #— #the whole land! ⁵But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity” #— #this is the Lord’s declaration #— #“but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war ^h wherever you go.” ’ ”