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Jeremiah 45

Clinging to a Counterfeit Cross
Introduction

1  Baruch being dismayed,
4  Jeremiah instructs and comforts him.

Verse 1

The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying,
A. M. 3397. B.C. 607. Baruch
32:12,16, 43:3-6
when
36:1,4,8,14-18,26,32
in the
25:1, 26:1, 36:1,9

Verse 2

Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch;
unto
Isaiah 63:9, Mark 16:7, 2 Corinthians 1:4, 7:6, Hebrews 2:18, 4:15

Verse 3

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.
Woe
9:1, 15:10-21, 20:7-18, Psalms 120:5
added
Genesis 37:34,35, 42:36-38, Numbers 11:11-15, Joshua 7:7-9, Job 16:11-13, 23:2, Psalms 42:7, Lamentations 3:1-19,32
I fainted
8:18, Psalms 27:13, 77:3,4, Proverbs 24:10, Lamentations 1:13,22, 2 Corinthians 4:1,16, Galatians 6:9, 2 Thessalonians 3:13, Hebrews 12:3-5

Verse 4

Thus shalt thou say unto him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
that which
1:10, 18:7-10, 31:28, Genesis 6:6,7, Psalms 80:8-16, Isaiah 5:2-7

Verse 5

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.
seekest
2 Kings 5:26, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 7:26-32, 1 Timothy 6:6-9, Hebrews 13:5
seek
Matthew 6:25-32
I will bring
25:26, Genesis 6:12, Isaiah 66:16, Zephaniah 3:8
thy life
21:9, 38:2, 39:18

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