30THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO GIVE <OBJ.> PHARAOH HOPHRA [THE] KING OF EGYPT IN [THE] HAND OF ENEMIES HIS AND IN [THE] HAND OF [THOSE WHO] SEEK <OF> LIFE HIS JUST AS I GAVE <OBJ.> ZEDEKIAH [THE] KING OF JUDAH IN [THE] HAND OF NEBUCHADNEZZAR [THE] KING OF BABYLON ENEMY HIS AND [ONE WHO] SOUGHT LIFE HIS 30This is what the LORD says: Behold, I will deliver Pharaoh Hophra king of Egypt into the hands of his enemies who seek his life, just as I delivered Zedekiah king of Judah into the hand of Nebuchadnezzar king of Babylon, the enemy who was seeking his life.”
1THE WORD WHICH HE SPOKE JEREMIAH THE PROPHET TO BARUCH [THE] SON OF NERIAH WHEN WROTE HE <OBJ.> THE WORDS <THE> THESE ON A SCROLL FROM [THE] MOUTH OF JEREMIAH IN THE YEAR <THE> FOURTH OF JEHOIAKIM [THE] SON OF JOSIAH [THE] KING OF JUDAH <TO> SAYING Jeremiah’s Message to Baruch 1This 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:
2THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH [THE] GOD OF ISRAEL TO YOU O BARUCH 2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:
3YOU SAID WOE! PLEASE TO <THE> ME FOR HE HAS ADDED YAHWEH SORROW TO PAIN MY I AM WEARY WITH GROANING MY AND REST NOT I HAVE FOUND 3You 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.’”
4THUS YOU WILL SAY TO HIM THUS HE SAYS YAHWEH HERE! [THAT] WHICH I HAVE BUILT I [AM] ABOUT TO TEAR DOWN AND <OBJ.> [THAT] WHICH I HAVE PLANTED I [AM] ABOUT TO PLUCK UP AND <OBJ.> ALL THE LAND IT 4Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch:*NoteCloseLiterally Thus you shall say to him: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.
5AND YOU YOU ARE SEEKING FOR <THE> YOURSELF GREAT [THINGS] MAY NOT YOU SEEK [THEM] FOR HERE I [AM] ABOUT TO BRING CALAMITY ON ALL FLESH [THE] UTTERANCE OF YAHWEH AND I WILL GIVE TO <THE> YOU <OBJ.> LIFE YOUR TO PLUNDER AT ALL THE PLACES WHERE YOU WILL GO THERE 5But 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