Jeremiah 45
Promise to Baruch
The Lord speaks to Baruch, rebuking his desire for great things and assuring him his life will be spared amid coming evil, though he will not find rest.
5 verses. The 45th of 52 chapters in Jeremiah, in The Major Prophets.
1The message that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
2“The LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
3‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.”’
4“You shall tell him, the LORD says: ‘Behold, that which I have built, I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up; and this in the whole land.
5Do you seek great things for yourself? Don’t seek them; for, behold, I will bring evil on all flesh,’ says the LORD, ‘but I will let you escape with your life wherever you go.’”
Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 45
1,466 words, in 1 passage.
World English Bible. Public domain. Set as prose throughout, including the poetry, because the text is published to us without its lines.