Jeremiah 45

1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

2Thus says Yahweh, God of Israel, to you, Baruch:

3You said, "Woe to me now! Yahweh has added grief upon my pain; I grew weary with my groaning, and I found no rest."

4Say to him: Thus says Yahweh: See, what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up—even this whole land.

5And you, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them, for behold, I am bringing calamity on all flesh, declares Yahweh, but I will give your life to you as spoil in all places where you go there.