{"id":7200,"date":"2018-10-24T21:49:56","date_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:49:56","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/?post_type=oyb&#038;p=7200"},"modified":"2018-10-24T21:49:56","modified_gmt":"2018-10-25T01:49:56","slug":"baruch-this-is-what-the-lord-says-i-will-destroy-this-nation-that-i-built-i-will-uproot-what-i-planted-are-you-seeking-great-things-for-yourself-dont-do-it-i-will-brin","status":"publish","type":"oyb","link":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/oyb\/baruch-this-is-what-the-lord-says-i-will-destroy-this-nation-that-i-built-i-will-uproot-what-i-planted-are-you-seeking-great-things-for-yourself-dont-do-it-i-will-brin","title":{"rendered":"\u201cBaruch, this is what the Lord says: \u2018I will destroy this nation that I built. I will uproot what I planted. Are you seeking great things for yourself? Don\u2019t do it! I will bring great disaster upon all these people; but I will give you your life as a reward wherever you go. I, the Lord, have spoken!\u2019 (Jeremiah 45:4-5 NLT)."},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5oe4v\" data-offset-key=\"ekml8-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"ekml8-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"ekml8-0-0\">A CHAPTER FOR BARUCH<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5oe4v\" data-offset-key=\"f45q1-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"f45q1-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"f45q1-0-0\">Amidst prophecies to the Jewish remnant and the nations surrounding Israel, God gave Jeremiah a message for Baruch, Jeremiah&#8217;s assistant and scribe. Jeremiah may have been God&#8217;s mouthpiece, but Baruch was his pen, and it had left him saying, &#8220;Woe is me&#8221; (Jer. 45:3). So, God gave a specific word to Jeremiah for Baruch: &#8220;Don&#8217;t seek great things for yourself. Be satisfied that you have been given your life.&#8221; You see, God doesn&#8217;t just address kings and nations, he also speaks to individuals. Baruch, who had written down chapter after chapter of Jeremiah&#8217;s prophecies, received one little chapter (Jer. 45) all to himself. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5oe4v\" data-offset-key=\"n9is-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"n9is-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"n9is-0-0\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"\" data-block=\"true\" data-editor=\"5oe4v\" data-offset-key=\"cpv3b-0-0\">\n<div class=\"_1mf _1mj\" data-offset-key=\"cpv3b-0-0\"><span data-offset-key=\"cpv3b-0-0\">As you read God&#8217;s Word, do you ever feel that a certain passage was written just for you?<\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>A CHAPTER FOR BARUCH<br \/>\nAmidst prophecies to the Jewish remnant and the nations surrounding Israel, God gave Jeremiah a message for Baruch, Jeremiah&#8217;s assistant and scribe. Jeremiah may have been God&#8217;s mouthpiece, but Baruch was his pen, and it had left him saying, &#8220;Woe is me&#8221; (Jer. 45:3). So, God gave a specific word to Jeremiah for Baruch: &#8220;Don&#8217;t seek great things for yourself. Be satisfied that you have been given your life.&#8221; You see, God doesn&#8217;t just address kings and nations, he also speaks to individuals. Baruch, who had written down chapter after chapter of Jeremiah&#8217;s prophecies, received one little chapter (Jer. 45) all to himself. <\/p>\n<p>As you read God&#8217;s Word, do you ever feel that a certain passage was written just for you?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":[],"categories":[],"tags":[],"scripture-book":[1291],"scripture-chapter":[1378],"oyb_day":[1824],"location":[],"class_list":["post-7200","oyb","type-oyb","status-publish","hentry","scripture-book-jeremiah","scripture-chapter-1378","oyb_day-october-24"],"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb\/7200","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/oyb"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=7200"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-book","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-book?post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"scripture-chapter","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/scripture-chapter?post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"oyb_day","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/oyb_day?post=7200"},{"taxonomy":"location","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.garycombs.org\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/location?post=7200"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}