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Chapter 45
Jeremiah’s Message to Baruch
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This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah…:
𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤉𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤄𐤍𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤃𐤁𐤓 𐤀𐤋 𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤊 𐤁𐤍 𐤍𐤓𐤉𐤄 𐤁𐤊𐤕𐤁𐤅 𐤀𐤕 𐤄𐤀𐤋𐤄 𐤄𐤃𐤁𐤓𐤉𐤌 𐤏𐤋 𐤎𐤐𐤓 𐤌𐤐𐤉 𐤉𐤓𐤌𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤄𐤓𐤁𐤏𐤉𐤕 𐤁𐤔𐤍𐤄 𐤋𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤉𐤒𐤉𐤌 𐤁𐤍 𐤉𐤀𐤔𐤉𐤄𐤅 𐤌𐤋𐤊 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤃𐤄 𐤋𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤎
הַדָּבָ֗ר אֲשֶׁ֤ר יִרְמְיָ֣הוּ הַנָּבִ֔יא דִּבֶּר֙ אֶל־ בָּר֖וּךְ בֶּֽן־ נֵֽרִיָּ֑ה בְּכָתְבוֹ֩ אֶת־ הָאֵ֤לֶּה הַדְּבָרִ֨ים עַל־ סֵ֙פֶר֙ מִפִּ֣י יִרְמְיָ֔הוּ הָֽרְבִעִ֔ית בַּשָּׁנָה֙ לִיהוֹיָקִ֧ים בֶּן־ יֹאשִׁיָּ֛הוּ מֶ֥לֶךְ יְהוּדָ֖ה לֵאמֹֽר׃ס had·dā·ḇār ’ă·šer yir·mə·yā·hū han·nā·ḇî dib·ber ’el- bā·rūḵ ben- nê·rî·yāh bə·ḵā·ṯə·ḇōw ’eṯ- hā·’êl·leh had·də·ḇā·rîm ‘al- sê·p̄er mip·pî yir·mə·yā·hū hā·rə·ḇi·‘îṯ baš·šā·nāh lî·hō·w·yā·qîm ben- yō·šî·yā·hū me·leḵ yə·hū·ḏāh lê·mōr — WLC · 1
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“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤀𐤋𐤄𐤉 𐤉𐤔𐤓𐤀𐤋 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤏𐤋𐤉𐤊 𐤁𐤓𐤅𐤊
כֹּֽה־ יְהוָ֖ה אֱלֹהֵ֣י יִשְׂרָאֵ֑ל אָמַ֥ר עָלֶ֖יךָ בָּרֽוּךְ׃ kōh- Yah·weh ’ĕ·lō·hê yiś·rā·’êl ’ā·mar ‘ā·le·ḵā bā·rūḵ — WLC · 2
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You have said, ‘Woe is… me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”
𐤀𐤌𐤓𐤕 𐤀𐤅𐤉 𐤍𐤀 𐤋𐤉 𐤊𐤉 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤉𐤎𐤐 𐤉𐤂𐤅𐤍 𐤏𐤋 𐤌𐤊𐤀𐤁𐤉 𐤉𐤂𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤁𐤀𐤍𐤇𐤕𐤉 𐤌𐤑𐤀𐤕𐤉𐤎 𐤋𐤀 𐤅𐤌𐤍𐤅𐤇𐤄
אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֽוֹי־ נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־ יְהוָ֛ה יָסַ֧ף יָג֖וֹן עַל־ מַכְאֹבִ֑י יָגַ֙עְתִּי֙ בְּאַנְחָתִ֔י מָצָֽאתִי׃ס לֹ֥א וּמְנוּחָ֖ה ’ā·mar·tā ’ō·w- nā lî kî- Yah·weh yā·sap̄ yā·ḡō·wn ‘al- maḵ·’ō·ḇî yā·ḡa‘·tî bə·’an·ḥā·ṯî mā·ṣā·ṯî lō ū·mə·nū·ḥāh — WLC · 3
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Thus [Jeremiah] was to say to [Baruch}: “This is what the LORD… says: Throughout the land… I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted -.
𐤊𐤄 𐤕𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤀𐤋𐤉𐤅 𐤊𐤄 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤄𐤍𐤄 𐤀𐤌𐤓 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤀𐤓𐤑 𐤄𐤉𐤀 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤄𐤓𐤎 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤁𐤍𐤉𐤕𐤉 𐤍𐤕𐤔 𐤅𐤀𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤍𐤈𐤏𐤕𐤉 𐤀𐤍𐤉 𐤅𐤀𐤕
כֹּ֣ה׀ תֹּאמַ֣ר אֵלָ֗יו כֹּ֚ה יְהוָ֔ה הִנֵּ֤ה אָמַ֣ר כָּל־ הָאָ֖רֶץ הִֽיא׃ אֲנִ֣י הֹרֵ֔ס אֲשֶׁר־ בָּנִ֙יתִי֙ נֹתֵ֑שׁ וְאֵ֥ת אֲשֶׁר־ נָטַ֖עְתִּי אֲנִ֣י וְאֶת־ kōh tō·mar ’ê·lāw kōh Yah·weh hin·nêh ’ā·mar kāl- hā·’ā·reṣ hî ’ă·nî hō·rês ’ă·šer- bā·nî·ṯî nō·ṯêš wə·’êṯ ’ă·šer- nā·ṭa‘·tî ’ă·nî wə·’eṯ- — WLC · 4
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But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For… I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever… you go, I will grant - your life as a spoil of war…”
𐤅𐤀𐤕𐤄 𐤕𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤂𐤃𐤋𐤅𐤕 𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤋 𐤕𐤁𐤒𐤔 𐤊𐤉 𐤄𐤍𐤍𐤉 𐤌𐤁𐤉𐤀 𐤓𐤏𐤄 𐤏𐤋 𐤊𐤋 𐤁𐤔𐤓 𐤍𐤀𐤌 𐤉𐤄𐤅𐤄 𐤊𐤋 𐤄𐤌𐤒𐤌𐤅𐤕 𐤀𐤔𐤓 𐤕𐤋𐤊 𐤅𐤍𐤕𐤕𐤉 𐤋𐤊 𐤀𐤕 𐤍𐤐𐤔𐤊 𐤋𐤔𐤋𐤋 𐤏𐤋 𐤔𐤌𐤎
וְאַתָּ֛ה תְּבַקֶּשׁ־ גְדֹל֖וֹת לְךָ֥ אַל־ תְּבַקֵּ֑שׁ כִּ֡י הִנְנִי֩ מֵבִ֨יא רָעָ֤ה עַל־ כָּל־ בָּשָׂר֙ נְאֻם־ יְהוָ֔ה כָּל־ הַמְּקֹמ֖וֹת אֲשֶׁ֥ר תֵּֽלֶךְ־ וְנָתַתִּ֨י לְךָ֤ אֶֽת־ נַפְשְׁךָ֙ לְשָׁלָ֔ל עַ֥ל שָֽׁם׃ס wə·’at·tāh tə·ḇaq·qeš- ḡə·ḏō·lō·wṯ lə·ḵā ’al- tə·ḇaq·qêš kî hin·nî mê·ḇî rā·‘āh ‘al- kāl- bā·śār nə·’um- Yah·weh kāl- ham·mə·qō·mō·wṯ ’ă·šer tê·leḵ- wə·nā·ṯat·tî lə·ḵā ’eṯ- nap̄·šə·ḵā lə·šā·lāl ‘al šām — WLC · 5