Jeremias 45:1

1 A palavra que Jeremias, o profeta, falou a Banique, filho de Nerias, quando este escrevia num livro as palavras ditadas por Jeremias, no quarto ano de Jeoiaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá:

Jeremias 45:1 Meaning and Commentary

Jeremiah 45:1

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of
Neriah
Who was his amanuensis or scribe; and this word he spake not to him of himself, but in the name of the Lord, as coming from him; so the Targum calls it,

``the word of prophecy which Jeremiah the prophet prophesied concerning Baruch the son of Neriah:''

when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah;
not what immediately precede, concerning the destruction of the Jews in Egypt; which were delivered out many years after the writing of the roll by Baruch here referred to; and which was done, as here said, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah;
which was eighteen years before the destruction of Jerusalem; so that this prophecy does not stand in order, which would more properly have followed the thirty sixth chapter; where we have an account of what Baruch wrote from the mouth of Jeremiah in a roll, and read to the people, and after that to the princes; which exposed him to danger, and caused the grief expressed by him in this chapter; but it being written to a private person, is postponed to this place: saying;
as follows:

Jeremias 45:1 In-Context

1 A palavra que Jeremias, o profeta, falou a Banique, filho de Nerias, quando este escrevia num livro as palavras ditadas por Jeremias, no quarto ano de Jeoiaquim, filho de Josias, rei de Judá:

2 Assim diz o Senhor, Deus de Israel, acerca de ti ó Baruque.

3 Disseste: Ai de mim agora! porque me acrescentou o Senhor tristeza � minha dor; estou cansado do meu gemer, e não acho descanso.

4 Isto lhe dirás: Assim diz o Senhor: Eis que estou a demolir o que edifiquei, e a arrancar o que plantei, e isso em toda esta terra.

5 E procuras tu grandezas para ti mesmo? Não as busques; pois eis que estou trazendo o mal sobre toda a raça, diz o Senhor; porém te darei a tua vida por despojo, em todos os lugares para onde fores.