1: The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the
son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of
Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of
Judah, saying, |
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2: Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
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3:
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief
to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. |
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4: Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold,
that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted
I will pluck up, even this whole land. |
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5: And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for,
behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life
will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest. |