Jeremiah 45

¹The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,

²“Thus says the Lord

³‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord

⁴“Thus you shall say to him, ‘Thus says the Lord

⁵And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring adversity on all flesh,” says the Lord