## Jeremiah Chapter 45

###### Jeremiah 45:1
[Jeremiah 45:1](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/45:1)

הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר דִּבֶּר֙ יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֔יא אֶל־בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּן־נֵרִיָּ֑ה בְּכׇתְבוֹ֩ אֶת־הַדְּבָרִ֨ים הָאֵ֤לֶּה עַל־סֵ֙פֶר֙ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ בַּשָּׁנָה֙ הָרְבִעִ֔ית לִיהוֹיָקִ֧ים בֶּן־יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
The word that Yirmeyahu the prophet spoke to Barukh the son of Neriyya when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Yirmeyahu in the fourth year of Yehoyaqim the son of Yoshiyyahu king of Yehuda, saying,


###### Jeremiah 45:2
[Jeremiah 45:2](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/45:2)

כֹּה־אָמַ֥ר יְהֹוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל עָלֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus says the Lord, the God of Yisra᾽el to thee, O Barukh;


###### Jeremiah 45:3
[Jeremiah 45:3](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/45:3)

אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֽוֹי־נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־יָסַ֧ף יְהֹוָ֛ה יָג֖וֹן עַל־מַכְאֹבִ֑י יָגַ֙עְתִּי֙ בְּאַנְחָתִ֔י וּמְנוּחָ֖ה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord has added grief to my pain; I am weary in my sighing, and I find no rest.


###### Jeremiah 45:4
[Jeremiah 45:4](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/45:4)

כֹּ֣ה**׀** תֹּאמַ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה אָמַ֣ר יְהֹוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֤ה אֲשֶׁר־בָּנִ֙יתִי֙ אֲנִ֣י הֹרֵ֔ס וְאֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־נָטַ֖עְתִּי אֲנִ֣י נֹתֵ֑שׁ וְאֶת־כׇּל־הָאָ֖רֶץ הִֽיא׃

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
Thus shalt thou say to him, The Lord says thus; Behold, that which I have built I break down, and that which I have planted I pluck up, namely this whole land.


###### Jeremiah 45:5
[Jeremiah 45:5](https://torahapp.org/share/book/Jeremiah/r/45:5)

וְאַתָּ֛ה תְּבַקֶּשׁ־לְךָ֥ גְדֹל֖וֹת אַל־תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ כִּ֡י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא רָעָ֤ה עַל־כׇּל־בָּשָׂר֙ נְאֻם־יְהֹוָ֔ה וְנָתַתִּ֨י לְךָ֤ אֶֽת־נַפְשְׁךָ֙ לְשָׁלָ֔ל עַ֥ל כׇּל־הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּלֶךְ־שָֽׁם׃{פ}

**The Koren Jerusalem Bible:**
And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, says the Lord: but thy life I will give to thee for a prey in all the places to which thou goest.