耶和华给巴录的信息

45 犹大王约西亚的儿子约雅敬执政第四年,尼利亚的儿子巴录把耶利米口述的话写在书卷上。耶利米说: “巴录啊,以色列的上帝耶和华说, ‘你曾说,我真悲惨!因为耶和华使我痛上加痛,呻吟不止,身心疲惫,不得安宁。’ 我要告诉你,耶和华说,‘我必在整个大地上拆毁我所建立的,铲除我所栽培的。 你想为自己谋求大事吗?不要谋求,因为我要给世人降下灾祸。但不论你到哪里,我必使你保住性命。这是耶和华说的。’”

Chapter 45

A Message to Baruch.[a] The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch, son of Neriah, when he wrote on a scroll words from Jeremiah’s own mouth in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, king of Judah:(A) Thus says the Lord, God of Israel, to you, Baruch. You said, “Woe is me! the Lord has added grief to my pain.(B) I have worn myself out with groaning; rest eludes me.” You must say this to him. Thus says the Lord: What I have built, I am tearing down; what I have planted, I am uprooting: all this land.(C) And you, do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them! I am bringing evil on all flesh—oracle of the Lord—but I will grant you your life as spoils of war, wherever you may go.(D)

Footnotes

  1. 45:1–5 At the conclusion of his narrative, Baruch appends a message Jeremiah had given him when he first wrote down Jeremiah’s words (cf. 36:4). The future revealed by the prophet overwhelmed Baruch; now he learns his own safety is assured, even though the Lord will destroy Judah.