Jeremiah 45 — ULB

45Verse 1This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet told Baruch son of Neriah. This happened when he wrote in a scroll these words at Jeremiah's dictation—this was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah, and he said,^{Verse 2}“Yahweh, God of Israel, says this to you, Baruch:^{Verse 3}You have said, 'Woe is me, for Yahweh has added agony to my pain. My groaning has wearied me; I find no rest.'^{Verse 4}This is what you must say to him: 'Yahweh says this: See, what I built, I am now tearing down. What I planted, I am now pulling up—I will do this throughout all the earth.^{Verse 5}But are you hoping for great things for yourself? Do not hope for that. For see, disaster is coming on all humanity—this is Yahweh's declaration—but I am giving you your life as your plunder everywhere you will go.'”