The Book of Jeremiah
45: 1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he wrote these word in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year
of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 45:2Thus saith Jehovah, the
God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch: 45:3Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for
Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find
no rest. 45:4Thus shalt thou say unto him, Thus saith Jehovah: 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. 45:5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not;
for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Jehovah; but thy life will I give
unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.