Jeremiah 45
The Lord speaks to Baruch through Jeremiah, addressing Baruch's lament over his sorrow and grief. The Lord tells Baruch that He will destroy what He has built and pluck up what He has planted in the land. Baruch is warned not to seek great things for himself, as the Lord will bring evil upon all flesh, but his life will be spared as a reward in all the places he goes.
1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,2Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.4Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.
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