Jeremiah 45

Berean Standard Bible

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In the fourth year of Jehoiakim king of Judah, the prophet Jeremiah relayed a divine message to Baruch the son of Neriah after Baruch had written Jeremiah’s words onto a scroll. Baruch had previously expressed deep distress, lamenting that the Lord had added sorrow to his pain, leaving him worn out with groaning and without rest. In response, the Lord declared through Jeremiah that He intended to demolish what He had built and uproot what He had planted throughout the entire land. Addressing Baruch's personal ambitions, the Lord asked if he was seeking great things for himself and commanded him to stop doing so. Finally, the Lord announced that He would bring disaster upon every living creature, yet He promised to spare Baruch's life as a spoil of war wherever he might go.

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¹This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: ²“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: ³You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’” ⁴Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted. ⁵But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

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