Jer45:1 Assurance to BaruchJeremiah's Message to Baruch The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
Jer45:2 Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:
Jer45:3 You said, Woe is me now! For the LORD has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest."'
Jer45:4 Thus you shall say to him, Thus says the LORD: "Behold, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land.
Jer45:5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh," says the LORD. "But I will give your life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go.""'