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This is the messagewhichJeremiah the prophetspoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had writtendownthesewords in a book at Jeremiah'sdictation, in the fourthyear of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
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"Thus you are to say to him, 'Thussays the LORD, "Behold, what I have built I am about to teardown, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the wholeland."
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'But you, are you seekinggreatthings for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bringdisaster on allflesh,' declares the LORD, 'but I will give your life to you as booty in all the placeswhere* you may go.' "