THE BOOK OF JEREMIAH

 

Jeremiah Chapter 45

1 ¶ The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, after he had written these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2 The LORD, the God of Israel says this, to you, O Baruch;

3 You said, I am now miserable! for the LORD has added grief to my pain; I am weary with groaning, and can find no rest.

4 Tell him, The LORD says this; Know that I will break down what I have built, and I will pull up what I have planted, which is the entire earth.

5 But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them: for I will bring destruction upon all flesh, says the LORD: but I will give you your life as a prize saved from destruction wherever you go.