Dual Panel1The prophet <05030> Jeremiah <03414> spoke <01696> to <0413> Baruch <01263> son <01121> of Neriah <05374> while he was writing down <03789> in <05921> a scroll <05612> the words <01697> that Jeremiah <03414> spoke <06310> to him. This happened in the fourth <07243> year <08141> that Jehoiakim <03079> son <01121> of Josiah <02977> was ruling over <04428> Judah <03063>.
2“The Lord <03068> God <0430> of Israel <03478> has a message <0559> for <05921> you, Baruch <01263>.
3‘You have said <0559>, “I feel so hopeless <0188>! For <03588> the Lord <03068> has added <03254> sorrow <03015> to <05921> my suffering <04341>. I am worn out <03021> from groaning <0585>. I can’t <03808> find <04672> any rest <04496>.”’”
4The Lord told <0559> Jeremiah, “Tell Baruch, ‘The Lord <03068> says <0559>, “I <0589> am about to tear down <02040> what I have <0834> built <01129> and to uproot <05428> what <0834> I have planted <05193>. I <0589> will do this throughout the whole <03605> earth <0776>.
5Are you <0859> looking for <01245> great <01419> things for yourself? Do not <0408> look for <01245> such things. For <03588> I, the Lord <03069>, affirm <05002> that I am about to bring <0935> disaster <07451> on <05921> all <03605> humanity <01320>. But I will allow <05414> you to escape <07998> with your life <05315> wherever <08033> <0834> you go <01980>.”’”