Jeremiah 45

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A message to Baruch

1 When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: 

2 ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 

3 You said, “Woe to me! The Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.” 

4 But the Lord has told me to say to you, “This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. 

5 Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.” ’ 

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