> [[jeremiah-44|← Previous]] | [[jeremiah-00|TOC]] | [[jeremiah-46|Next →]] --- # Jeremiah, Chapter 45 ## Chapter 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: ^jeremiah-45-1 2 Thus says the LORD, God of Israel, to you, Baruch. ^jeremiah-45-2 3 You said, “Woe is me! the LORD has added grief to my pain. I have worn myself out with groaning; rest eludes me.” ^jeremiah-45-3 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. ^jeremiah-45-4 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. ^jeremiah-45-5 \* (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. a. (45:1) [Jer 36:4], [18], [32]. b. (45:3) [Lam 1:3]; [5:5]. c. (45:4) [Jer 18:7]; [Is 5:5] – [6]. d. (45:5) [Jer 25:26] – [29]. --- _New American Bible, revised edition_ (2010, 1991, 1986, 1970) Confraternity of Christian Doctrine, Washington, D.C. > [[jeremiah-44|← Previous]] | [[jeremiah-00|TOC]] | [[jeremiah-46|Next →]]