CHAPTER 45
This 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:
You 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.’”
Thus
Jeremiah was to say
to [Baruch}:
“This is what
the LORD
says:
I
will demolish
what
I have built
and uproot
what
I have planted,
throughout
the land!
But 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 plunder.”