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Our very brief chapter is a prophecy addressed by God to Baruch, Jeremiah\u2019s scribe. While that is not surprising, the date assigned to this prophecy is.<\/span><\/p>\n

The word which the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch son of Neriah, when he was writing these words in a scroll at Jeremiah\u2019s dictation, in the fourth year of King Jehoiakim son of Josiah of Judah (1).<\/span><\/p>\n

The temple was destroyed in 586 BCE. Jehoiakim ascended the throne in 609\u2014making 605 his fourth year\u2014which means between the previous chapter and this one we have gone almost twenty years back in time. Shadal* explained the retreat as editorial: \u201cFirst, he completed all the public affairs; then, he related an individual matter even though it preceded them in time.\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

In this prophecy, God addressed Baruch\u2019s feelings of pain and anguish that he suffered on account of which he claimed to have found \u201cno rest\u201d (3). Rashi fastened on the use of the verb \u201cto rest\u201d as descriptive of the prophetic state (cf. Numbers 11: 25-26) and interpreted Baruch\u2019s anguish as his regret over never having achieved prophecy. Shadal took a more contextual approach, suggesting that Baruch was upset over having been persecuted along with Jeremiah.<\/span><\/p>\n

In the same regard, when God said, in closing, \u201cAnd do you expect great things for yourself? Don\u2019t expect them. For I am going to bring disaster upon all flesh\u2014declares the LORD\u2014but I will at least grant you your life in all the places where you may go\u201d (5), Rashi interpreted the \u201cgreat things\u201d as Baruch\u2019s desire to be a prophet, while Shadal said: \u201cAccording to the <\/span>peshat<\/span><\/em>, to escape from pain and anguish.\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*For an explanation of our objectives in studying Shadal\u2019s commentary, <\/span>see our introduction<\/span><\/a> in Jeremiah chapter 1.<\/span><\/p>\n","image":{"ID":72387,"id":72387,"title":"jer45-anguish","filename":"jer45-anguish.jpg","filesize":0,"url":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish.jpg","link":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/en\/meanwhile-twenty-years-earlier\/jer45-anguish\/","alt":"","author":"7","description":"","caption":"","name":"jer45-anguish","status":"inherit","uploaded_to":72385,"date":"2020-03-25 16:49:41","modified":"2022-03-27 19:56:09","menu_order":0,"mime_type":"image\/jpeg","type":"image","subtype":"jpeg","icon":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-includes\/images\/media\/default.png","width":1280,"height":1920,"sizes":{"thumbnail":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish-150x150.jpg","thumbnail-width":150,"thumbnail-height":150,"medium":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish-200x300.jpg","medium-width":200,"medium-height":300,"medium_large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish-683x1024.jpg","medium_large-width":683,"medium_large-height":1024,"large":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish-683x1024.jpg","large-width":683,"large-height":1024,"1536x1536":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish.jpg","1536x1536-width":1024,"1536x1536-height":1536,"2048x2048":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish.jpg","2048x2048-width":1280,"2048x2048-height":1920,"post_full_size":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish-800x1200.jpg","post_full_size-width":800,"post_full_size-height":1200,"home_baner":"https:\/\/wp.929.org.il\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/03\/jer45-anguish-280x420.jpg","home_baner-width":280,"home_baner-height":420}},"embedded_video":"","video_duration":"","show_fb_comments":true,"credit_media":""},"tile":{"top_caption":"","main_caption":"Meanwhile, Twenty Years Earlier","main_caption_size":"1","sub_caption":"A look back at Baruch - 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