Baruch being dismayed, Jeremiah instructeth and comforteth him.
1THE word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto aBaruch the son of Neriah, bwhen he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
a ch. 32.12. b ch. 36.1,4,26,32.
2Thus csaith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
c Is. 50.4. 2Co. 1.4. Is. 63.9.
3Thou didst say, dWoe is me now! for the LORD hath eadded grief to my sorrow; I ffainted in my sighing, and I gfind no rest.
d Job 23.2. Ps. 120.5,6; 42.7; 130.1. e ch. 36.26. Ps. 69.27. La. 1.3; 3.1. Ac. 20.23. f Ps. 27.13. g Ps. 77.3,4.
4¶Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; hBehold, that which I have built will I ibreak down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
h Ps. 52.5. ch. 1.10; 31.28. i Is. 5.5.
5And jseekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: kfor, behold, I will lbring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee mfor a *prey in all places whither thou goest.
*prey-spoil, plunder.
j 2Ki. 5.26. Ps. 4.6. Mat. 6.34. He. 13.5. 1Ti. 6.6. ch. 51.59. k Lu. 12.15. ch. 25.26. Is. 66.16; 65.12,13. l Zep. 3.8. m ch. 39.18; 21.9; 38.2; 15.11,21.