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The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book from 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 , to thee, O Baruch;
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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.
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Thus shalt thou say to him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this 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 to thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest .