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Jeremiah delivers a divine message to his scribe, Baruch, who is lamenting his personal distress and weariness. The LORD acknowledges Baruch's sorrow but declares His imminent plan to bring widespread destruction upon the entire land of Judah. He warns Baruch against seeking personal greatness, promising instead to preserve his life as a spoil amidst the coming universal calamity.

God's Word to Baruch the Scribe

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The worde that Ieremiah the Prophet spake vnto Baruch the sonne of Neriah, when he had written these woordes in a booke at the mouth of Ieremiah, in the fourth yeere of Iehoiakim the sonne of Iosiah King of Iudah, saying,
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Thus sayeth the Lord God of Israel vnto thee, O Baruch,

Baruch's Distress and God's Warning

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Thou diddest say, Wo is me nowe: for the Lord hath laied sorrow vnto my sorrowe: I fainted in my mourning, and I can finde no rest.
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Thus shalt thou say vnto him, The Lord sayeth thus, Behold, that which I haue built, will I destroy, and that which I haue planted, will I plucke vp, euen this whole lande.
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And seekest thou great things for thy self? seeke them not: for beholde, I wil bring a plague vpon al flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life wil I giue thee for a pray in all places, whither thou goest.
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