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A Message to Baruch

¹ When Baruch^(a) son of Neriah^(b) wrote on a scroll^(c) the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim^(d) son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: ² "This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: ³ You said, ‘Woe^(e) to me! The Lord has added sorrow^(f) to my pain;^(g) I am worn out with groaning^(h) and find no rest.'^{(i) 4} But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot^(j) what I have planted,^(k) throughout the earth.^{(l) 5} Should you then seek great^(m) things for yourself? Do not seek them.⁽ⁿ⁾ For I will bring disaster^(o) on all people,^(p) declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape^(q) with your life.'"^(r)