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.
• 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.” ’
• New Living Translation (NLT)You have said, ‘I am overwhelmed with trouble! Haven’t I had enough pain already? And now the Lord has added more! I am worn out from sighing and can find no rest.’

Context of Jeremiah 45:3

1When Baruch son of Neriah wrote on a scroll the words Jeremiah the prophet dictated in the fourth year of Jehoiakim son of Josiah king of Judah, Jeremiah said this to Baruch: 2“This is what the Lord, the God of Israel, says to you, Baruch: You said, ‘Woe to me! The Lord has added sorrow to my pain; I am worn out with groaning and find no rest.’ 4But the Lord has told me to say to you, ‘This is what the Lord says: I will overthrow what I have built and uproot what I have planted, throughout the earth. 5Should you then seek great things for yourself? Do not seek them. For I will 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 9:1Oh, that my head were a spring of water and my eyes a fountain of tears! I would weep day and night for the slain of my people.
• Jeremiah 15:10Alas, my mother, that you gave me birth, a man with whom the whole land strives and contends! I have neither lent nor borrowed, yet everyone curses me.
• Jeremiah 20:7You deceived me, Lord, and I was deceived; you overpowered me and prevailed. I am ridiculed all day long; everyone mocks me.
• Psalms 120:5Woe to me that I dwell in Meshek, that I live among the tents of Kedar!
• Genesis 37:34Then Jacob tore his clothes, put on sackcloth and mourned for his son many days.
• Genesis 42:36Their father Jacob said to them, “You have deprived me of my children. Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and now you want to take Benjamin. Everything is against me!”
• Numbers 11:11He asked the Lord, “Why have you brought this trouble on your servant? What have I done to displease you that you put the burden of all these people on me?
• Joshua 7:7And Joshua said, “Alas, Sovereign Lord, why did you ever bring this people across the Jordan to deliver us into the hands of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content to stay on the other side of the Jordan!
• Job 16:11God has turned me over to the ungodly and thrown me into the clutches of the wicked.
• Job 23:2“Even today my complaint is bitter; his hand is heavy in spite of my groaning.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calls to deep in the roar of your waterfalls; all your waves and breakers have swept over me.
• Lamentations 3:1I am the man who has seen affliction by the rod of the Lord’s wrath.
• Jeremiah 8:18You who are my Comforter in sorrow, my heart is faint within me.
• Psalms 27:13I remain confident of this: I will see the goodness of the Lord in the land of the living.
• Psalms 77:3I remembered you, God, and I groaned; I meditated, and my spirit grew faint.
• Proverbs 24:10If you falter in a time of trouble, 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