Ieremia 45:5

Romanian Cornilescu Translation

Şi tu umbli după lucruri mari? Nu umbla după ele! Căci iată, voi aduce nenorocirea peste orice făptură, zice Domnul, dar ţie îţi voi da ca pradă de război viaţa ta, în toate locurile unde vei merge.``

Bible Verse Review
  from Treasury of Scripure Knowledge

seekest: 2 Kings 5:26, Romans 12:16, 1 Corinthians 7:26-32, 1 Timothy 6:6-9, Hebrews 13:5

seek: Matthew 6:25-32

I will bring: Jeremiah 25:26, Genesis 6:12, Isaiah 66:16, Zephaniah 3:8

thy life: Jeremiah 21:9, Jeremiah 38:2, Jeremiah 39:18

Reciprocal: Psalms 41:2 - preserve Psalms 131:1 - neither Jeremiah 25:31 - A noise Zephaniah 2:3 - hid Matthew 20:21 - Grant Mark 9:35 - If Mark 10:38 - Ye know not Luke 17:31 - he which Luke 17:34 - two

Gill's Notes on the Bible

Seekest thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not,.... Riches and wealth honour and esteem, peace and prosperity; these were not to be sought after and expected, when the whole nation would be involved in such a general calamity. Baruch perhaps expected that his reading the roll to princes would have been a means of preferring him at court, of advancing him to some post or office, in which he might have acquired wealth, and got applause, and lived in peace and plenty all his days; but this was not to be looked for; when, if he observed, the very roll he wrote and read contained in it prophecies of the general ruin of the nation. The Jews restrain this to the gift of prophecy they suppose Baruch sought after, which was not to be enjoyed out of the land of Canaan:

for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh; not upon every individual person in the world; but upon all the inhabitants of Judea, who should either die by the sword or by famine, or by pestilence, or be carried captive, or be in some distress or another:

but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest; suggesting that he should be obliged to quit his native place and country, and go from place to place; as he did, after the destruction of Jerusalem, along with the prophet; and even into Egypt with the Jews that went there; where his life would be in danger, and yet should be preserved; he should be snatched as a brand out of the burning, when Jerusalem was taken; and in other places, when exposed, though he should lose everything, yet not his life; which should be as dear to him as a rich spoil taken by the soldier, being a distinguishing mercy.

Clarke's Notes on the Bible

Verse Jeremiah 45:5. And seekest thou great things for thyself? — Nothing better can be expected of this people: thy hopes in reference to them are vain. Expect no national amendment, till national judgments have taken place. And as for any benefit to thyself, think it sufficient that God has determined to preserve thy life amidst all these dangers.

But thy life will I give unto thee for a prey — This is a proverbial expression. We have met with it before, Jeremiah 21:9; Jeremiah 38:2; Jeremiah 39:18; and it appears to have this meaning. As a prey or spoil is that which is gained from a vanquished enemy, so it is preserved with pleasure as the proof and reward of a man's own valour. So Baruch's life should be doubly precious unto him, not only on account of the dangers through which God had caused him to pass safely, but also on account of those services he had been enabled to render, the consolations he had received, and the continual and very evident interposition of God in his behalf. All these would be dearer to him than the spoils of a vanquished foe to the hero who had overcome in battle.

Spoil may signify unlooked-for gain. The preservation of his life, in such circumstances, must be more than he could reasonably expect; but his life should be safe, and he should have it as a spoil, whithersoever he should go. This assurance must have quieted all his fears.