Jeremiah 45

1The 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,Cross-references: 2Chr 36:5 · Jer 25:1 · Jer 26:1 · Jer 32:12 · Jer 32:16 · Jer 36:1 · +6 more

2“Yahweh, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:Cross-references: Isa 63:9 · Mark 16:7 · 2Cor 1:4 · 2Cor 7:6 · Heb 2:18 · Heb 4:15

3‘You said, “Woe is me now! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’Cross-references: Gen 37:34 · Gen 42:36 · Num 11:11 · Josh 7:7 · Job 16:11 · Job 23:2 · +20 more

4“You shall tell him, Yahweh 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.Cross-references: Gen 6:6 · Ps 80:8 · Isa 5:2 · Jer 1:10 · Jer 11:17 · Jer 18:7 · +1 more

5Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says Yahweh, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”Cross-references: Gen 6:12 · 2Ki 5:26 · Isa 66:16 · Jer 21:9 · Jer 25:26 · Jer 38:2 · +7 more