45:1 The Dvar that Yirmeyahu ha Navi spake unto Baruch Ben Neryah, when he had written these Devarim in a sefer at the mouth of Yirmeyahu, in the fourth year of Yehoyakim Ben Yoshiyahu melekh Yehudah, saying,
45:2 Thus saith YHWH (יהוה), the Elohim (אלהים) of Yisra'el, unto thee, O Baruch;
45:3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for YHWH (יהוה) hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
45:4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, YHWH (יהוה) saith thus; Hinnei, [that] which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
45:5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not: for, Hinnei, I will bring evil upon all flesh, declares YHWH (יהוה): but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.