Jeremiah
Jeremiah, the weeping prophet, calls Judah to repent as Babylon approaches. He suffers rejection, watches the city fall, and yet records God’s promise to write the law on the heart.
Douay-Rheims 1899
Jeremiah 45
1The word that Jeremias the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Nerias, when he had written there words in a book, out of the mouth of Jeremias, in the fourth year of Joakim the son of Josias king of Juda, saying: 2Thus saith the Lord the God of Israel to thee, Baruch: 3Thou hast said: Woe is me, wretch that I am, for the Lord hath added sorrow to my sorrow: I am wearied with my groans, and I find no rest. 4Thus saith the Lord: Thus shalt thou say to him: Behold, them whom I have built, I do destroy: and them whom I have planted, I do pluck up, and all this land. 5And dost thou seek great things for thyself? Seek not: for behold I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the Lord! but I will give thee thy life, and save thee in all places whithersoever thou shalt go.
Douay-Rheims 1899 American Edition. Challoner / 1899 American edition is public domain.