World English Bible, British Edition
Jeremiah • Chapter 45
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The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah,
when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son
of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
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“The LORD, the God (Elohim) of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
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‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain!
I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’
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“You shall tell him, the LORD says: ‘Behold, that which I have
built, I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
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Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold,
I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you
go.’”