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title: "Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations, Volume 4"
author: "John Calvin"
translator: "John Owen"
languages: [en]
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section: 121 of 123
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cite: "John Calvin, tr. John Owen, Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations, Volume 4, section 121. Scriptura (scriptura.si), https://scriptura.si/works/john-calvin-commentary-on-jeremiah-and-lamentations-volume-4/121/"
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# Commentary on Jeremiah and Lamentations, Volume 4

*John Calvin, tr. John Owen*

Calvin on Jeremiah and Lamentations, volume 4 of 5.

## 121. Chapter 45

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[¶0] 1 The word which Jeremiah the prophet spake to Baruch, the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim, the son of Josiah, the king of Judah, saying, —

[¶1] 2 Thus saith Jehovah, the God of Israel, concerning thee, O Baruch:

[¶2] 3 Thou hast said, Woe now to me! for Jehovah hath added grief to my sorrow; I am wearied with my sighing, and rest have I not found.

[¶3] 4 Thus shalt thou say to him, Thus saith Jehovah, Behold, what I builded I pull down, and what I planted I pluck up, even this whole land;

[¶4] 5 And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek not; for behold I am bringing evil on all flesh, saith Jehovah; and I will give thee thy life as a prey in all the places whither thou wilt go.