Message to Baruch
1 This isthe message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written down these words in a book at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
2 “Thus says the Lordthe God of Israel to you, O Baruch:
3 ‘You said, “Ah, woe is me! For the Lordhas added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and have found no rest.”‘
4 Thus you are to say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord, “Behold, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.”
5 But you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seekthem;for behold, I am going to bring disaster on all flesh,’ declares the Lord, ‘but I will give your life to you as booty in all the places where you may go.'”
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