45 2 Jeremiah comforteth Baruch, assuring him that he should not perish in the destruction of Jerusalem.

The word that Jeremiah the Prophet spake unto [a]Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these [b]words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,

Thus saith the Lord God of Israel unto thee, O Baruch,

Thou didst say, Woe is me now: for the Lord hath laid sorrow unto my sorrow: I [c]fainted in my mourning, and I can find no rest.

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Footnotes

  1. Jeremiah 45:1 Which was Jeremiah’s disciple, and wrote his prophecies under him.
  2. Jeremiah 45:1 Whereof read Jer. 36:9, 10.
  3. Jeremiah 45:3 Baruch moved with an inconsiderate zeal of Jeremiah’s imprisonment, but chiefly for the destruction of the people, and the Temple, maketh this lamentation, as Ps. 6:6.

A Message to Baruch

45 When Baruch(A) son of Neriah(B) wrote on a scroll(C) the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim(D) son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: “This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: You said, ‘Woe(E) to me! The Lord has added sorrow(F) to my pain;(G) I am worn out with groaning(H) and find no rest.’(I)

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