耶和华给巴录的许诺
约西亚的儿子犹大王约雅敬第四年，尼利亚的儿子巴录把耶利米先知口中所说的话写在书上；耶利米对巴录说：
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“巴录啊，耶和华－以色列的神说：Thus saith the LORD, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch:
3你曾说：‘哀哉！耶和华使我愁上加愁，我因呻吟而困乏，不得安歇。’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你要这样告诉他，耶和华如此说：看哪，我所建立的，我必拆毁；我所栽植的，我必拔出；在全地我都如此行。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你为自己图谋大事吗？不要图谋！看哪，我必使灾祸临到凡有血肉之躯的。但你无论往哪里去，我要保全你的性命。这是耶和华说的。”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.