Message to Baruch

45 This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to ^(A)Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had ^(B)written these words in a book ^[a]at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the ^(C)fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying: ² “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel says to you, Baruch: ³ ‘You said, “Oh, woe to me! For the Lord has added grief to my pain; I am ^(D)weary with my groaning and have found no rest.”’ ⁴ This is what you are to say to him: ‘This is what the Lord says: “Behold, ^(E)what I have built I am going to tear down, and what I have planted I am going to uproot, that is, all the people of the land.” ⁵ But as for you, are you ^(F)seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to ^(G)bring disaster on all flesh,’ declares the Lord, ‘but I will ^(H)give your life to you as plunder in all the places where you may go.’”