New World Translation of the Holy Scriptures (nwt, en_US, 2013)

Jeremiah

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Jeremiah, 45

1 This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Barʹuch the son of Ne·riʹah when he wrote in a book these words dictated by Jeremiah in the fourth year of Je·hoiʹa·kim son of Jo·siʹah, the king of Judah:

2 “This is what Jehovah the God of Israel says concerning you, Barʹuch,

3 ‘You have said: “Woe to me, for Jehovah has added grief to my pain! I am weary from my groaning, and I have found no resting-place.”’

4 “You should say to him, ‘This is what Jehovah says: “Look! What I have built up I am tearing down, and what I have planted I am uprooting—the entire land.

5 But you are seeking*1 great things for yourself. Stop seeking such things.”’ “‘For I am about to bring a calamity on all flesh,’*2 declares Jehovah, ‘and wherever you may go, I will grant you your life*3 as a spoil.’”*4

  1. Or “expecting.”

  2. Or “people.”

  3. Or “soul.”

  4. Or “will let you escape with your life.”