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Jeremiah 45:1–5. If Jeremiah himself experienced a feeling of despair when he had to proclaim the terrible judgments of God to his fellow tribesmen, then it is not surprising that his weaker disciple than Jeremiah, Baruch, was oppressed when rewriting the terrible prophecies of his teacher. But God, through Jeremiah, comforts Baruch. Firstly, he was told that at a time when God’s judgment concerns the entire land of Judea, he, Baruch, has no right to count on happiness and prosperity. And then, secondly, as a consolation to Baruch, God announces that in the coming difficult time for the land of Judea, his life will be preserved by God. Jer.45:1. The word which the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he wrote these words from the mouth of Jeremiah in a book, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah: “In the fourth year of Joachim,” the inevitability of the destruction of the Jewish state was already quite clearly determined for Baruch, and this consciousness at the same time made a depressing impression on his soul. Jer.45:3. you say: “Woe is me! for the Lord added sorrow to my illness; I am exhausted from my sighs, and I find no rest.” The more Baruch became acquainted with the content of Jeremiah’s speeches, the more his soul suffered. Special note. This chapter is apparently of rather insignificant content, but it can serve as evidence that Baruch played a very important role in recording the prophecies of Jeremiah, that he was not a simple scribe who wrote under the dictation of Jeremiah, but also independently recorded the speeches spoken by Jeremiah and committed to writing some events from the life of his great teacher. Otherwise, the placement in the book of Jeremiah of a special chapter dedicated to Baruch would be incomprehensible. You might be interested in: