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Jeremiah 45
An oracle of comfort for Baruch
1 The word that the prophet Jeremiah addressed to Baruch son of Neriah when the latter wrote these words down in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim[*a] son of Josiah, king of Judah,
2 ‘This is what Yahweh, the God of Israel, says about you, Baruch!
3 Since you have said, “I despair, for Yahweh has added sorrow to my ordeals! I am worn out with groaning, and find no relief!”
4 Yahweh says this, “Now I am knocking down what I have built, tearing up what I have planted: I am going to strike the whole earth.
5 And here you are asking for special treatment! Do not ask, for I am now going to bring down disaster on all mankind – it is Yahweh who speaks. As for you, I will let you escape with your own life, wherever you may go.”‘