Jeremiah 45:1-3

New Catholic Bible

Chapter 45^[a]

Encouraging Message to Baruch. ¹ This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah addressed to Baruch, the son of Neriah, when Baruch inscribed these words on a scroll at Jeremiah’s dictation in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim of Judah, the son of Josiah:

² Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, Baruch: ³ You said, “Woe is me, for the Lord has added further grief to my pain. I am exhausted from groaning, and I can find no respite.”