Jeremiah 45

A Message to Baruch

1 When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch:
2 “This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
3 You said, ‘Woe to me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.’
4 But the LORD has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the LORD says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth.
5 Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’ ”

Cross References 18

  • 1. S Jeremiah 32:12; Jeremiah 36:4,18,32
  • 2. Jeremiah 51:59
  • 3. S 2 Chronicles 36:5
  • 4. S Exodus 17:14; S Psalms 40:7
  • 5. S Isaiah 24:16; 1 Corinthians 9:16
  • 6. S Psalms 119:28; Mark 14:34; Romans 9:2
  • 7. S Job 6:10
  • 8. S Job 23:2; Psalms 69:3
  • 9. S Joshua 1:13; Matthew 11:28; Hebrews 4:3
  • 10. S Jeremiah 42:10
  • 11. S Jeremiah 11:17
  • 12. S Deuteronomy 28:63; S Deuteronomy 30:9; Isaiah 5:5-7; Jeremiah 18:7-10
  • 13. Psalms 131:1
  • 14. Mt 6:25-27,33
  • 15. Jeremiah 11:11; Jeremiah 40:2
  • 16. S Jeremiah 2:35
  • 17. S Psalms 68:20; S Jeremiah 44:28
  • 18. S Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 39:18

Jeremiah 45 Commentaries

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