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Jeremiah 45:4

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45:4The Lord told Jeremiah,5 “Tell Baruch,6 ‘The Lord says, “I am about to tear down what I have built and to uproot what I have planted. I will do this throughout the whole earth.7

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Footnotes

  1. 5 The words, “The Lord told Jeremiah” are not in the text but are implicit in the address that follows, “Thus you shall say to him.” These words are supplied in the translation for clarity.
  2. 6 Heb “Thus you shall say to him [i.e., Baruch].”
  3. 7 Heb “and this is with regard to the whole earth.” The feminine pronoun הִיא (hi’) at the end refers to the verbal concepts just mentioned, i.e., this process (cf. §144.b and compare the use of the feminine singular suffix in the same function §135.p). The particle אֶת (’et) is here functioning to introduce emphatically the object of the action (cf. 85 I אֵת 3.α). There is some debate whether אֶרֶץ (’erets) here applies to the whole land of Israel or to the whole earth. However, the reference to “all mankind” (Heb “all flesh”) in the next verse as well as “anywhere you go” points to “the whole earth” as the referent.

In other versions

ESVEnglish Standard Version

Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the Lord: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up—that is, the whole land.

NIVNew International Version (2011)

But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth.

CSBChristian Standard Bible

“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: “What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot —the whole land!

NLTNew Living Translation

“Baruch, this is what the Lord says: ‘I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted.

LEBThe Lexham English Bible

Thus you will say to him: ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Look, what I have built I am about to tear down, and what I have planted I am about to pluck up, it is all the land.

KJV 1900King James Version

Thus 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.