THE BOOK OF THE PROPHET
JEREMIAH

Jeremiah 45 ©

Baruch, being grieved and fearful because of these prophecies, is reproved of God for it by the prophet, and comforted.

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THE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written 1these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the 2fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

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Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;

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Thou didst say, 3Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added 4grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

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¶Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I 5break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.

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And seekest thou 6great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring 7evil upon 8all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy 9life will I give unto thee for a preya in all places whither thou goest.