Jeremiah 45:3

Jeremiah 45:3 in other versions

• King James Version (KJV)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.
• New International Version (NIV)You said, ‘Woe to me! The Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.’
• English Standard Version (ESV)You said, 'Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain. I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.'
• New King James Version (NKJV)‘You said, “Woe is me now! For the Lord has added grief to my sorrow. I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.” ’

Context of Jeremiah 45:3

1The word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch the son of Neriah, when he had written these words in a book at the dictation of Jeremiah, in the fourth year of Jehoiakim the son of Josiah, king of Judah, saying, 2“Thus says the Lord, the God of Israel, to you, O Baruch: ‘You said, “Woe is me! For the Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning and sighing and I find no rest.” ’ 4Say this to him, ‘The Lord speaks in this way, “Behold, what I have built I will break down, and that which I have planted I will uproot, that is, the whole land.” 5And do you seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them; for behold, I will bring disaster on all flesh,’ says the Lord, ‘but I will give your life to you [as your only reward and] as a prize of war wherever you go.’ ”

Jeremiah 45:3 word by word

אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ אֽוֹי־נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי־יָסַ֧ף יְהוָ֛ה יָג֖וֹן עַל־מַכְאֹבִ֑י יָגַ֙עְתִּי֙ בְּאַנְחָתִ֔י וּמְנוּחָ֖ה לֹ֥א מָצָֽאתִי׃ סRead the interlinear

Words taken from the KJV.

• Thou didst sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• is me now! for the Lordיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• hath addedיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• griefיָגוֹןyâgôn · sorrowH3015
• to my sorrowמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
• I faintedיָגֵעַyâga‛ · be weary/toilH3021
• in my sighingאֲנָחָה'ănâchâh · sighingH585
• and I findמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• no restמְנוּחָהmenûchâh menûchâh · restingH4496

Cross-references for Jeremiah 45:3

• Jeremiah 9:1Oh that my head were waters And my eyes a fountain of tears, That I might weep day and night For the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have given birth to me To be a man of strife and a man of contention to all the earth! I have not loaned, nor have men lent money to me, Yet everyone curses me.
• Jeremiah 20:7[Jeremiah said,] O Lord, You have persuaded me and I was deceived; You are stronger than I and You have prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; Everyone mocks me.
• Psalms 120:5Woe to me, for I sojourn in Meshech, and I live among the tents of Kedar [among hostile people]!
• Genesis 37:34So Jacob tore his clothes [in grief], put on sackcloth and mourned many days for his son.
• Genesis 42:36Jacob their father said to them, “You have bereaved me [by causing the loss] of my children. Joseph is no more, and Simeon is no more, and you would take Benjamin [from me]. All these things are [working] against me.”
• Numbers 11:11So Moses said to the Lord, “Why have You been so hard on Your servant? And why have I not found favor in Your sight, that You have placed the burden of all these people on me?
• Joshua 7:7Joshua said, “Alas, O Lord God, why have You brought this people across the Jordan at all, only to hand us over to the Amorites, to destroy us? If only we had been willing to live beyond the Jordan!
• Job 16:11God hands me over to criminals And tosses me [headlong] into the hands of the wicked.
• Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is contentious; His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep at the [thundering] sound of Your waterfalls; All Your breakers and Your waves have rolled over me.
• Lamentations 3:1I am [Jeremiah] the man who has seen affliction Because of the rod of His wrath.
• Jeremiah 8:18Oh, that I (Jeremiah) could find comfort from my sorrow [for my grief is beyond healing], My heart is sick and faint within me!
• Psalms 27:13I would have despaired had I not believed that I would see the goodness of the Lord In the land of the living.
• Psalms 77:3I remember God; then I am disquieted and I groan; I sigh [in prayer], and my spirit grows faint. Selah.
• Proverbs 24:10If you are slack (careless) in the day of distress, Your strength is limited.

Commentaries on Jeremiah 45:3

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary · v. 3Thou didst say, Wo is me now! - All that were the enemies of Jeremiah became his enemies too; and he needed these promises of support. The Lord hath added grief to my sorrow - He had mourned for the desolations that were coming on his country, and now he mourns for the dangers to which he feels his own life exposed; for we find, from Jeremiah 36:26, that the king had given commandment to take both Baruch and Jeremiah, in order that they might be put to…Read the comment
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible · v. 3Grief to my sorrow - Baruch‘s sorrow is caused by the sinfulness of the Jewish nation, to which God adds grief by showing how severely it will be punished. I fainted in - Or, “am weary with” Psalm 6:6.Read the comment
• Tyndale Open Study Notes · v. 3Jehoiakim had threatened to kill both Jeremiah and Baruch, so the prophet and the scribe went into hiding. Baruch was very tired and felt sorry for himself.Read the comment
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary · v. 33. Thou didst say, &c.--Jeremiah does not spare his disciple, but unveils his fault, namely, fear for his life by reason of the suspicions which he incurred in the eyes of his countrymen (compare Jr 36:17), as if he was in sympathy with the Chaldeans (Jr 43:3), and instigator of Jeremiah; also ingratitude in speaking of his "grief," &c., whereas he ought to deem himself highly blessed in being employed by God to record Jeremiah's prophecies…Read the comment

Topics related to Jeremiah 45:3

• Afflictions and Adversities
• Doubting

In the dictionaries

• Bible, the
• Faint
• Grief; Grieve
• Groan
• Jeremiah (2)
• woe

Commentaries on Jeremiah 45

• Adam Clarke Bible Commentary
• Barnes’ Notes on the Bible
• Matthew Henry Concise Commentary
• Tyndale Open Study Notes
• Jamieson–Fausset–Brown Commentary
• Rashi on Tanakh
• Calvin’s Commentaries
• Keil & Delitzsch Commentary
• John Wesley’s Notes
• Darby Translation Notes
• Geneva Bible Translation Notes
• Kingcomments
• Matthew Henry’s Complete Commentary
• Matthew Henry’s Modern English Commentary
• Seventh-day Adventist Bible Commentary
• EGW Writings