Jeremiah 45
In Jeremiah 45, the LORD responds through Jeremiah to Baruch's grief and exhaustion. While announcing coming destruction over the land, he tells Baruch not to seek great things for himself and promises that his life will be spared wherever he goes.
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1 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,
2 Thus says Yahweh, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch:
3 You said, Woe is me now! for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
4 You shall tell him, Thus says Yahweh: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
5 Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh, says Yahweh; but your life will I give to you for a prey in all places where you go.