Message to Baruch
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The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to 1Baruch the son of Neriah, 2when he wrote these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, 3in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:
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You said, 4'Woe is me! For the LORD has added sorrow to my pain. 5I am weary with my groaning, 6and I find no rest.'
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Thus shall you say to him, Thus says the LORD: 7Behold, what I have built I am breaking down, and what I have planted I am plucking up--that is, the whole land.
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(English Standard Version - The Holy Bible Online)