Jeremiah 45

Assurance to Baruch

45The ^aword that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to ^bBaruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book ¹at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the ^cfourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, ²“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: ³‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I ^dfainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’

⁴“Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord: “Behold, ^ewhat I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land. ⁵And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, ^fI will bring adversity on all flesh,” says the Lord. “But I will give your ^glife to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.” ’ ”