Jeremiah 45

NEW AMERICAN BIBLE	NEW JERUSALEM
1 This is the message that the prophet Jeremiah gave to Baruch, son of Neriah, when he wrote in a book the prophecies that Jeremiah dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah:	1 The word that the prophet Jeremiah addressed to Baruch son of Neriah when the latter wrote thesewords down in a book at Jeremiah's dictation in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah,
2 Thus says the LORD, God of Israel, to you, Baruch,	2 'This is what Yahweh God of Israel says about you, Baruch!
3 because you said, "Alas! the LORD adds grief to my pain; I am weary from groaning, and can find no rest":	3 "You have been thinking: what disaster for me, and Yahweh has added further grief to my troubles! Iam worn out with groaning, and find no relief!"
4 say this to him, says the LORD: What I have built, I am tearing down; what I have planted, I am uprooting: even the whole land.	4 Say to him as fol ows, "Yahweh says this: Now I am knocking down what I have built, am uprootingwhat I have planted, over the whole country!
5 And do you seek great things for yourself? Seek them not! I am bringing evil on all mankind, says the LORD, but your life I will leave you as booty, wherever you may go.	5 And you ask for special treatment! Do not ask, for I am now going to bring disaster on al humanity,Yahweh declares, but you I shal al ow to escape with your life, wherever you may go." '