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Jeremiah 45

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¹ 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 [1] ⓕ in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: ⓖ

² “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

³ ‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the LORD has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with [2] groaning and have found no rest.”’ ⓗ

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!

⁵ But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on everyone” — 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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1	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 [1] ⓕ in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: ⓖ
2	“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
3	‘You have said, “Woe is me, because the LORD has added misery to my pain! I am worn out with [2] groaning and have found no rest.”’ ⓗ
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!
5	But as for you, do you pursue great things for yourself? Stop pursuing! For I am about to bring disaster on everyone” — 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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