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 message that the prophet Jeremiah spoke to Baruch, son of Neriah. Baruch wrote these things on a scroll as Jeremiah dictated them during the fourth year that Jehoiakim, son of Josiah, was king of Judah. Jeremiah said, 2“This is what the Lord God of Israel says to you, Baruch: You said, ‘I’m so miserable! The Lord has added grief to my pain. I’m worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.’ 4“Say this to Baruch, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will tear down what I have built. I will uproot what I have planted throughout the earth. 5Are you looking for great things for yourself? Don’t look for them, because I’m going to bring disaster on all people, declares the Lord. But wherever you go I will let you escape with your life.’ ”

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 9:1“I wish that my head were ⌞filled with⌟ water and my eyes were a fountain of tears so that I could cry day and night for my dear people who have been killed.
• Jeremiah 15:10I’m so miserable! Why did my mother give birth to me? I am a man who argues and quarrels with the whole earth. I have never lent or borrowed anything. Yet, everyone curses me.
• Jeremiah 20:7O Lord, you have deceived me, and I was deceived. You overpowered me and won. I’ve been made fun of all day long. Everyone mocks me.
• Psalms 120:5How horrible it is to live as a foreigner in Meshech or to stay in the tents of Kedar.
• Genesis 37:34Then, to show his grief, Jacob tore his clothes, put sackcloth around his waist, and mourned for his son a long time.
• Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You’re going to make me lose all my children! Joseph is no longer with us, Simeon is no longer with us, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything’s against me!”
• Numbers 11:11So he asked, “Lord, why have you brought me this trouble? How have I displeased you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
• Joshua 7:7Joshua said, “Almighty Lord, why did you bring these people across the Jordan River? Was it to hand us over to the Amorites so that they could destroy us? I wish we had been content to live on the other side of the Jordan!
• Job 16:11God handed me over to unjust people and threw me into the hands of wicked people.
• Job 23:2“My complaint is bitter again today. I try hard to control my sighing.
• Psalms 42:7One deep sea calls to another at the roar of your waterspouts. All the whitecaps on your waves have swept over me.
• Lamentations 3:1“I am the man who has experienced suffering under the rod of God’s fury.
• Jeremiah 8:18Sorrow has overwhelmed me. I am sick at heart!
• Psalms 27:13I believe that I will see the goodness of the Lord in this world of the living.
• Psalms 77:3I sigh as I remember God. I begin to lose hope as I think about him. Selah
• Proverbs 24:10If you faint in a crisis, you are weak.

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