Jeremiah 45

1. Here is what Yirmeyahu said to Barukh the son of Neriyah when he wrote these words in a book at Yirmeyahu’s dictation, in the fourth year of Y’hoyakim the son of Yoshiyahu, king of Y’hudah:

2. “This is what Adonai the God of Isra’el says concerning you, Barukh. You said,

3. ‘Woe to me now! 3 Adonai has compounded my pain with sorrow, 3 I am weary from groaning, 3 and I can find no relief!’

4. “Tell him that Adonai says: 4 ‘I will tear down what I built up, 4 I will uproot what I planted, 4 and this throughout the land.

5. Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don’t! For I am bringing disaster on everything living,’ says Adonai. ‘But wherever you go, you will escape with your life.’”