Chapter 45

Jeremy reprehendeth Baruch for lamenting in affliction.

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   The word that Jeremy spake to Baruch the son of Nerias, when he had written these words in a book, from the mouth of Jeremy, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, saying:

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   Thus saith our Lord the God of Israel to thee Baruch:

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   Thou hast said: Woe is me wretch, because our Lord hath added sorrow to my sorrow: I have laboured in my mourning, & have not found rest.

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   Thus saith our Lord: Thus shalt thou say to him: Behold, them whom I have builded, I do destroy: and whom I have planted, I do pluck up, and all this land.

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   And doest thou seek to thy self great things? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith our Lord: and I will give thee thy life into safety in all places, whither-soever thou shalt go.