{"collection":"Bible & Christianity","html_url":"https://unchartedknowledge.5gfusion.net/browse/bib/jps/jer045.htm","path":"bib/jps/jer045.htm","source_url":"https://sacred-texts.com/bib/jps/jer045.htm","text":"45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto 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:\n45:2 'Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, concerning thee, O Baruch: Thou didst say:\n45:3 Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.\n45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him: Thus saith the Lord: 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.\n45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not; for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord; but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.'","title":"Jewish Publication Society Bible: Jeremiah 45","type":"page"}