Jeremiah 45:3

Thou diddest say, Wo is me nowe: for the Lord hath laied sorrow vnto my sorrowe: I fainted in my mourning, and I can finde no rest.

Geneva Bible 1599

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 sayeth the Lord God of Israel vnto thee, O Baruch,

4Thus shalt thou say vnto him, The Lord sayeth thus, Behold, that which I haue built, will I destroy, and that which I haue planted, will I plucke vp, euen this whole lande.

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Cross References

Genesis 37:34And Iaakob rent his clothes, and put sackecloth about his loynes, and sorowed for his sonne a long season.

Numbers 11:11And Moses saide vnto the Lord, Wherefore hast thou vexed thy seruant? and why haue I not found fauour in thy sight, seeing thou hast put the charge of al this people vpon mee?

Job 16:11God hath deliuered me to the vniust, and hath made mee to turne out of the way by the hands of the wicked.

Psalms 6:6I fainted in my mourning: I cause my bed euery night to swimme, and water my couch with my teares.

Psalms 27:13I should haue fainted, except I had beleeued to see the goodnes of the Lord in the land of the liuing.

Psalms 69:3I am wearie of crying: my throte is drie: mine eyes faile, whiles I waite 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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