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This is what Jeremiah the prophet told Baruch son of Neriah in the fourth year
of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, after Baruch had written on a scroll
the words Jeremiah was then dictating:
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"This is what the LORD, the God of Israel says to you, Baruch:
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You said, 'Woe to me! The LORD has added sorrow to my pain;
I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.' "
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The LORD said, "Say this to him: 'This is what the LORD says: I will overthrow
what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the land.
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Should you then seek great things for yourself? Seek them not. For I will
bring disaster on all people, declares the LORD,
but wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.' "
