This
is
the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words
on
a scroll
at the dictation
of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah :
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the
son of Neriah ,
when he wrote these word
in
a book
at the mouth
of Jeremiah ,
in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the
son of Josiah, king of Judah ,
saying,
Thus Jeremiah
was
to
say
to
Baruch:
“This
is
what
the
LORD
says: Throughout
the
land
I
will
demolish
what
I have built and uproot
what
I have planted.
Thus shall
you
tell
him,
Thus
says Yahweh
: Behold,
that
which
I have built will
I
break
down,
and that
which
I have planted I
will
pluck
up;
and
this
in
the
whole
land
.
But
as
for
you,
do
you
seek great things for yourself? Stop
seeking!
For I will bring disaster
on every
living
creature,
declares
the
LORD
, but wherever
you
go,
I
will
grant
your life as
a spoil
of
war
. ”
Seek you
great things for yourself? Don't
seek
them;
for ,
behold,
I will bring evil
on all
flesh
, says
Yahweh;
but your life will
I
give
to
you
for
a prey
in
all
places
where
you
go
.
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