Jeremiah 45

¹The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah , when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah , in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah , king of Judah :

²Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel , to you, O Baruch :

³You said , Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain . I am weary with my groaning , and I find no rest .

⁴Thus 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 .

⁵And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not , for behold , I am bringing disaster upon all flesh , declares the Lord. But I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go .