1 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:
2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
3 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.’”
4 Thus 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.
5 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 a spoil of war.”
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The proud have forged a lie against me: With my whole heart will I keep thy precepts.
Verse Of The DayGod warns He is breaking down what He built, yet promises Baruch his life will be spared wherever he goes, a mercy similar to the one given Ebedmelech in Jeremiah 39:18. The prophecies against the nations begin next in Jeremiah 46.
