The Book of Jeremiah
Chapter 45
1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when 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, 2Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3Thou didst
say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I
find no rest. 4Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built
will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. 5And
seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh,
saith the LORD: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.