>[!Properties]+ Resources >[Gospel Library](https://churchofjesuschrist.org/study/scriptures/ot/jer/45?lang=eng) | [Citation Index](https://scriptures.byu.edu/#07c2d::c07c2d) | [Bible Hub](https://biblehub.com/jeremiah/45.htm) | [Inline JST](https://scripturetoolbox.com/html/ic/Jeremiah/45.html) | [Strong's](https://www.blueletterbible.org/kjv/jer/45/1/ss1/) >>[!AI]- AI Context >>Prophet Jeremiah delivers God's message to Baruch, son of Neriah, during the fourth year of King Jehoiakim's reign in Judah. > >>[!AI]- AI Child Summary >>Jeremiah tells his friend Baruch that God knows he is sad but promises to keep him safe, even if times are tough. > >>[!AI]- AI Summary >>Jeremiah shares a message from God to Baruch, who is feeling overwhelmed and burdened by grief. God acknowledges Baruch's struggles but instructs him not to seek great things for himself, as God plans to bring destruction upon the land. Despite this, God assures Baruch that his life will be spared wherever he goes. > >#Gospel/TrustInTheLord #Gospel/DivineProtection #Gospel/Humility ###### 1 1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, ###### 2 2 Thus saith the Lord, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; ###### 3 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. ###### 4 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. ###### 5 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.