Jeremiah 45:3

For thus says the Lord; This city shall certainly be delivered into the hands of the host of the king of Babylon, and they shall take it.

LXX2012 (US English)

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

2Thus says the Lord; He that remains in this city shall die by the sword, and by the famine: but he that goes out to the Chaldeans shall live; and his soul shall be given him for a found treasure, and he shall live.

4And they said to the king, Let that man, we pray you, be slain, for he weakens the hands of the fighting men that are left in the city, and the hands of all the people, speaking to them according to these words: for this man does not prophesy peace to this people, but evil.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34And all his sons and his daughters gathered themselves together, and came to comfort him; but he would not be comforted, saying, I will go down to my son mourning to Hades; and his father wept for him.

Numbers 11:11And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you afflicted your servant, and why have I not found grace in your sight, that you should lay the weight of this people upon me?

Job 16:11He has attacked me with the keen glances of his eyes; with his sharp spear he has struck me down upon my knees; and they have run upon me with one accord.

Psalms 6:6+ 6:6 Gr. I have laboured. I am wearied with my groaning; I shall wash my bed every night; I shall water my couch with tears. 1

Psalms 69:3Let them that say to me, Aha, aha, be turned back and put to shame immediately. 1

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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