Chapter Overview
Summary
Message to Baruch. MT ch. 45 = LXX ch. 51 (appended). Short chapter.
Notable Variants
Substantially identical.
Structural Notes
MT ch. 45 = LXX ch. 51 (appended after ch. 44 material).
The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he wrote these words on a scroll from Jeremiah's dictation, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah:
LXX and MT are substantially identical here.
This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
LXX and MT are substantially identical here.
You said, 'Woe to me! The LORD has added grief to my pain. I am exhausted from my groaning, and I find no rest.'
LXX and MT are substantially identical here.
Say this to him: This is what the LORD says — What I have built, I am tearing down. What I have planted, I am uprooting — and this means the whole earth.
LXX and MT are substantially identical here.
And you — are you seeking great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I am bringing disaster upon all flesh, declares the LORD. But I will give you your life as plunder wherever you go.
LXX and MT are substantially identical here.