Jeremiah 45 Study Notes

45:4-5 These verses say, in effect, from God’s viewpoint, “Baruch, if you think you have problems, what about me? I am about to tear down what I have taken centuries to build up.”

45:5 It is not clear what great things Baruch was pursuing for himself. He may have been guilty of self-serving ambition, which Ps 131:1 rebukes. On the other hand, he may have wanted to see the mighty deeds of God that were promised in Dt 10:21 (cp. Ps 71:19). The most God promised to Baruch was that he would grant him his life like the spoils of war. That was the same promise given to the Ethiopian eunuch who saved Jeremiah’s life (39:18).