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This 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,
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“Yahweh, God of Israel, says this to you, Baruch:
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You have said, ‘Woe is me, for Yahweh has added agony to my pain. My groaning has wearied me; I find no rest.’
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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. This is true over all the earth.
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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.’”
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