Jeremiah 45 :: Christian Standard Bible (CSB)

The LORD’s Message to Baruch

This is the word that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation[fn] in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:

Jer 45:2

“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

Jer 45:3

“‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the LORD has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with[fn] groaning and have found no rest.” ’

Jer 45:4

“This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the LORD says: “What I have built I am about to demolish, and what I have planted I am about to uproot — the whole land!

Jer 45:5

“But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on all humanity” — this is the LORD’s declaration — “but I will grant you your life like the spoils of war wherever you go.” ’ ”

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CSB Footnotes

(45:1)

Lit scroll from Jeremiah’s mouth

(45:3)

Lit I labored in my

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