Jeremiah 45

¹ The word that Jeremiah the prophet has spoken unto Baruch son of Neriah, in his writing these words on a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying: ² "Thus said Yahweh, Elohim of Israel, concerning you, O Baruch: ³ You have said, Woe to me, now, for Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain, I have been wearied with my sighing, and rest I have not found. ⁴ Thus do you say unto him: Thus said Yahweh: Lo, that which I have built I am throwing down, and that which I have planted I am plucking up, even the whole land itself. ⁵ And you - you seek for you great things - do not seek, for lo, I am bringing in evil on all flesh - an affirmation of Yahweh - and I have given to you your life for a spoil, in all places whither you go."