Message to Baruch
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The a word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to b Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the instruction of Jeremiah, in the c fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying,
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"Thus says the LORD, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch:
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'You said, "Woe is me now! For the LORD has added grief to my sorrow. I d fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest." '
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"Thus you shall say to him, 'Thus says the LORD: "Behold, e what I have built I will break down, and what I have planted I will pluck up, that is, this whole land.
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"And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, f I will bring adversity on all flesh," says the LORD. "But I will give your g life to you as a prize in all places, wherever you go." ' "
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Cross References
Jeremiah 36:1
Now it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:
Jeremiah 36:4
Then Jeremiah called Baruch the son of Neriah; and Baruch wrote on a scroll of a book, at the instruction of Jeremiah, all the words of the LORD which He had spoken to him.
Jeremiah 36:32
Then Jeremiah took another scroll and gave it to Baruch the scribe, the son of Neriah, who wrote on it at the instruction of Jeremiah all the words of the book which Jehoiakim king of Judah had burned in the fire. And besides, there were added to them many similar words.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 32:12
And I gave the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, son of Mahseiah, in the presence of Hanamel my uncle's son, and in the presence of the witnesses who signed the purchase deed, before all the Jews who sat in the court of the prison.
Jeremiah 32:16
Now when I had delivered the purchase deed to Baruch the son of Neriah, I prayed to the LORD, saying:
Jeremiah 43:3
"But Baruch the son of Neriah has set you against us, to deliver us into the hand of the Chaldeans, that they may put us to death or carry us away captive to Babylon."
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Cross References
Jeremiah 25:1
The word that came to Jeremiah concerning all the people of Judah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah (which was the first year of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon).
Jeremiah 36:1
Now it came to pass in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, that this word came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying:
Jeremiah 46:2
Against Egypt. Concerning the army of Pharaoh Necho, king of Egypt, which was by the River Euphrates in Carchemish, and which Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon defeated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah:
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Cross References
Psalms 6:6
I am weary with my groaning; All night I make my bed swim; I drench my couch with my tears.
Psalms 69:3
I am weary with my crying; My throat is dry; My eyes fail while I wait for my God.
2 Corinthians 4:1
Therefore, since we have this ministry, as we have received mercy, we do not lose heart.
2 Corinthians 4:16
Therefore we do not lose heart. Even though our outward man is perishing, yet the inward man is being renewed day by day.
Galatians 6:9
And let us not grow weary while doing good, for in due season we shall reap if we do not lose heart.
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Cross References
Isaiah 5:5
And now, please let Me tell you what I will do to My vineyard: I will take away its hedge, and it shall be burned; And break down its wall, and it shall be trampled down.
Jeremiah 1:10
See, I have this day set you over the nations and over the kingdoms, To root out and to pull down, To destroy and to throw down, To build and to plant.
Jeremiah 11:17
"For the LORD of hosts, who planted you, has pronounced doom against you for the evil of the house of Israel and of the house of Judah, which they have done against themselves to provoke Me to anger in offering incense to Baal."
Jeremiah 18:7 - 10
The instant I speak concerning a nation and concerning a kingdom, to pluck up, to pull down, and to destroy it.
Jeremiah 31:28
And it shall come to pass, that as I have watched over them to pluck up, to break down, to throw down, to destroy, and to afflict, so I will watch over them to build and to plant, says the LORD.
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Cross References
Jeremiah 25:17 - 26
Then I took the cup from the LORD's hand, and made all the nations drink, to whom the LORD had sent me:
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Cross References
Jeremiah 21:9
He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes out and defects to the Chaldeans who besiege you, he shall live, and his life shall be as a prize to him.
Jeremiah 38:2
"Thus says the LORD: 'He who remains in this city shall die by the sword, by famine, and by pestilence; but he who goes over to the Chaldeans shall live; his life shall be as a prize to him, and he shall live.'
Jeremiah 39:18
"For I will surely deliver you, and you shall not fall by the sword; but your life shall be as a prize to you, because you have put your trust in Me," says the LORD.'"
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