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- The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:
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- "Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, concerning thee, O Baruch: Thou didst say:
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- Woe is me now!
for the LORD hath added sorrow to my pain;
I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
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- Thus shalt thou say unto him: Thus saith the LORD: Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up;
and this in the whole land.
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- 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."
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