A short message to Baruch, who is weary and anxious. God tells him not to seek great things for himself, but that he will have his life as a reward wherever he goes.
1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah , when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah , in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah , saying ,
2 Thus saith the LORD , the God of Israel , unto thee, O Baruch ;
3 Thou didst say , Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow ; I fainted in my sighing , and I find no rest .
4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down , and that which I have planted I will pluck up , even this whole land .
5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh , saith the LORD : but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest .