The Word Am I

The Book of the Prophet Jeremiah

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- Chapter 45 -

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This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet told Baruch son of Neriah. This happened when he wrote in a scroll these words at Jeremiah’s dictation-this was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, and he said,
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“Yahweh, God of Israel, says this to you, Baruch:
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You have said, ‘Woe is me, for Yahweh has added agony to my pain. My groaning has wearied me; I find no rest.’
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This is what you must say to him: ’Yahweh says this: See, what I built, I am now tearing down. What I planted, I am now pulling up. This is true over all the earth.
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But are you hoping for great things for yourself? Do not hope for that. For see, disaster is coming on all humanity-this is Yahweh’s declaration-but I am giving you your life as your plunder everywhere you will go.’”
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The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
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The LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
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You said, “Woe is me now! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’
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You shall tell him, the LORD says: ‘Behold, that which I have built, I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
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Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”