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About this chapterA short chapter is addressed to Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, dated to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, when he wrote down the prophet's words. Baruch has been complaining: woe to me, for the Lord has added sorrow to my pain, I am worn out with groaning and find no rest. God speaks through Jeremiah: he is tearing down what he built and uprooting what he planted, throughout the land. Baruch, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. Disaster will come on all people, but wherever Baruch goes, God will let him escape with his life as a prize of war. Ambition is gently set aside, and survival is promised.

A short chapter is addressed to Baruch, Jeremiah's scribe, dated to the fourth year of Jehoiakim, when he wrote down the prophet's words. Baruch has been complaining: woe to me, for the Lord has added sorrow to my pain, I am worn out with groaning and find no rest. God speaks through Jeremiah: he is tearing down what he built and uprooting what he planted, throughout the land. Baruch, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. Disaster will come on all people, but wherever Baruch goes, God will let him escape with his life as a prize of war. Ambition is gently set aside, and survival is promised.

Themes

  • Baruch's complaint
  • Do not seek great things
  • Life as a prize

Key verses

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Jeremiah 45

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1This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 3You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’” 4Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted. 5But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”
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