A message to Baruch

1 When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch:

2 ‘This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

3 You said, “Woe to me! The Lordhas added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.”

4 But the Lordhas told me to say to you, “This is what the Lordsays: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth.

5 Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord, but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.” ’

—https://d1b84921e69nmq.cloudfront.net/72/32k/JER/45-a58ce624862e3ed83bbd50d146c90c32.mp3?version_id=113—