USB ~ Jeremiah 45

A Message to Baruch. †

1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch, son of Neriah, when he wrote on a scroll words from Jeremiah’s own mouth in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah: a

2 Thus says the LORD, God of Israel, to you, Baruch.

3 You said, “Woe is me! the LORD has added grief to my pain. b I have worn myself out with groaning; rest eludes me.”

4 You must say this to him. Thus says the LORD: What I have built, I am tearing down; what I have planted, I am uprooting: all this land. c

5 And you, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them! I am bringing evil on all flesh—oracle of the LORD—but I will grant you your life as spoils of war, wherever you may go. d

Footnotes

†. 45:1-5 At the conclusion of his narrative, Baruch appends a message Jeremiah had given him when he first wrote down Jeremiah’s words (cf. 36:4). The future revealed by the prophet overwhelmed Baruch; now he learns his own safety is assured, even though the Lord will destroy Judah.

45:1 Jer 36:4, 18, 32.
45:3 Lam 1:3; 5:5.
45:4 Jer 18:7; Is 5:5-6.
45:5 Jer 25:26-29.

Footnotes

VIII. ORACLES AGAINST THE NATIONS†