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

1This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah when he wrote these words on a scroll at the dictation of Jeremiah in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah, king of Judah: 2“This is what the LORD, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: 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.’” 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. 5But as for you, do you seek great things for yourself? Stop seeking! For I will bring disaster on every living creature, declares the LORD, but wherever you go, I will grant your life as a spoil of war.”

Jeremiah 45:3 word by word

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

• You have saidאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Woe isאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• Woe isנָאnâ' · pleaseH4994
• becauseכִּיkîy · forH3588
• the LORDיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · LORDH3068
• has addedיָסַףyâsaph · to addH3254
• sorrowיָגוֹןyâgôn · sorrowH3015
• toעַל‛al · uponH5921
• my painמַכְאוֹבmak'ôb mak'ôb mak'ôbâh · painH4341
• I am worn outיָגֵעַyâga‛ · be weary/toilH3021
• with groaningאֲנָחָה'ănâchâh · sighingH585
• and have foundמָצָאmâtsâ' · to findH4672
• noלֹאlô' lô' lôh · notH3808
• restמְנוּחָהmenûchâh menûchâh · restingH4496

Cross-references for Jeremiah 45:3

• Jeremiah 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water, and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night over the slain daughter of my people.
• Jeremiah 15:10Woe to me, my mother, that you have borne me, a man of strife and conflict in all the land. I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
• Jeremiah 20:7You have deceived me, O LORD, and I was deceived. You have overcome me and prevailed. I am a laughingstock all day long; everyone mocks me.
• Psalms 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshech, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
• Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son many days.
• Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my sons. Joseph is gone and Simeon is no more. Now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is going against me!”
• 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?
• Joshua 7:7“O, Lord GOD,” Joshua said, “why did You ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites to be destroyed? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
• Job 16:11God has delivered me to unjust men; He has thrown me to the clutches of the wicked.
• Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is bitter. His hand is heavy despite my groaning.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of Your waterfalls; all Your breakers and waves have rolled over me.
• Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction under the rod of God’s wrath.
• Jeremiah 8:18My sorrow is beyond healing; my heart is faint within me.
• Psalms 27:13Still I am certain to see the goodness of the LORD in the land of the living.
• Psalms 77:3I remembered You, O God, and I groaned; I mused and my spirit grew faint. Selah
• Proverbs 24:10If you faint in the day of distress, how small is your strength!

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