Jeremiah 45 (LSB)

Chapter Text

45:1 This is the message which Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written down these words in a book at Jeremiah’s dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying:

45:2 “Thus says Yahweh the God of Israel to you, O Baruch:

45:3 ‘You said, “Ah, woe is me! For Yahweh has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my sighing and have found no rest.”’

45:4 Thus you are to say to him, ‘Thus says Yahweh, “Behold, what I have built I am about to pull down, and what I have planted I am about to uproot, that is, the whole land.”

45:5 But as for you, are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I am going to bring calamity on all flesh,’ declares Yahweh, ‘but I will give your life to you as spoil in all the places where you may go.’”

Study Lenses

The verse centers on "message", "jeremiah", "prophet", "spoke", "baruch", "neriah", "written", and "down". It is saying that the verse draws attention to "message" and "jeremiah", so its meaning should be read from those terms before moving to application.

The local LSB text gives this verse as the immediate unit, so "message" and "jeremiah" carries the first interpretive weight. In Jeremiah context, the local focus is covenant, worship, and faithfulness.

A plain takeaway is to answer the verse's own emphasis on "message" and "jeremiah" with trust shaped by these words, not by a vague optimism outside the passage.