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45:1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neri'ah, when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoi'akim the son of Josi'ah, king of Judah: 45:2 'Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: 45:3 You said, Woe is me! for the LORD has added sorrow to my pain;I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.' 45:4 Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD: Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up -- that is, the whole land. 45:5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not;for, behold, I am bringing evil upon all flesh, says the LORD;but I will give you your life as a prize of war in all places to which you may go.'