Jeremiah 45:3

You have said, ‘Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain! I am worn out with groaning and have found no rest.’”

Majority Standard Bible

In The King James Version

Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.

In Context

2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch:

4Thus Jeremiah was to say to Baruch: “This is what the LORD says: Throughout the land I will demolish what I have built and uproot what I have planted.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.

Numbers 11:11So Moses asked the LORD, “Why have You brought this trouble on Your servant? Why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have laid upon me the burden of all these people?

Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.

Psalms 6:6I am weary from groaning; all night I flood my bed with weeping and drench my couch with tears.

Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.

Psalms 69:3I am weary from my crying; my throat is parched. My eyes fail, looking for my God.

Matthew Henry on Jeremiah 45:2-5

Jeremiah's Address to Baruch. ( b. c. 607.) 1 The word that Jeremiah the prophet spake unto Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the mouth of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah king of Judah, saying, 2 Thus saith the Lord , the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; 3 Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the Lord hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 4 Thus shalt thou say unto him, The Lord saith thus; Behold, that which I… Read the whole commentary →

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