Jeremiah 45

A word for Baruch

This 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.”a

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Jeremias 45 is the shortest chapter in the book, a single oracle addressed to Baruch, Jeremiah’s faithful scribe. In the fourth year of Jehoiakim (605 BC), as Babylon looms and Jeremiah dictates judgment, Baruch is overwhelmed. The chapter records God’s personal word to him: a re

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Bible Dictionary· Jeremiah 45(2)

Israel Word

Bible Characters· Jeremiah 45(4)

Baruch Jehoiakim Jeremiah Josiah

References· Jeremiah 45

a: v.5 — Jeremiah 39:18, Hebrews 13:5, 1 Timothy 6:6-9, Matthew 6:25-32, Jeremiah 21:9, Romans 12:16, Jeremiah 25:26, Genesis 6:12, Zephaniah 3:8, Jeremiah 38:2

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