This is the word that Jeremiah - the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote - these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah - in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah , king of Judah ... :
“ This is what the LORD , the God of Israel , says to you , Baruch :
You have said , ‘ Woe is ... because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain ! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest. ’”
Thus (Jeremiah -) was to say [[Lexicon/H401-500#H413|to (Baruch} :)] “ This is what the LORD ... says : Throughout the land ... I will demolish what I have built and uproot - what I have planted - -.
But as for you , do you seek great things Stop seeking ! For ... I will bring disaster on every living creature , declares the LORD , but wherever ... - you go , I will grant - your life as a spoil of war ... .... ”