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 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, 2Thus saith Yhwh, the God of Israel, unto thee, O Baruch; Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Yhwh hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. 4Thus shalt thou say unto him, Yhwh saith thus; Behold, that which I have built will I break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land. 5And seekest thou great things for thyself? seek them not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith Yhwh: but thy life will I give unto thee for a prey in all places whither thou goest.

Jeremiah 45:3 word by word

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

• Thou didst sayאָמַר'âmar · to sayH559
• Woeאוֹי'ôy · woe!H188
• is me now! for Yhwhיְהֹוָהyehôvâh · 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 mine eyes a fountain of tears, that I might weep day and night for the slain of the daughter of my people!
• Jeremiah 15:10Woe is me, my mother, that thou hast borne me a man of strife and a man of contention to the whole earth! I have neither lent on usury, nor men have lent to me on usury; yet every one of them doth curse me.
• Jeremiah 20:7O Yhwh, thou hast deceived me, and I was deceived: thou art stronger than I, and hast prevailed: I am in derision daily, every one mocketh me.
• Psalms 120:5Woe is me, that I sojourn in Meshech, that I dwell in the tents of Kedar!
• Genesis 37:34And Jacob rent his clothes, and put sackcloth upon his loins, and mourned for his son many days.
• Genesis 42:36And Jacob their father said unto them, Me have ye bereaved of my children: Joseph is not, and Simeon is not, and ye will take Benjamin away: all these things are against me.
• Numbers 11:11And Moses said unto Yhwh, Wherefore hast thou afflicted thy servant? and wherefore have I not found favour in thy sight, that thou layest the burden of all this people upon me?
• Joshua 7:7And Joshua said, Alas, O Lord Yhwh, wherefore hast thou at all brought this people over Jordan, to deliver us into the hand of the Amorites, to destroy us? would to God we had been content, and dwelt on the other side Jordan!
• Job 16:11God hath delivered me to the ungodly, and turned me over into the hands of the wicked.
• Job 23:2Even to day is my complaint bitter: my stroke is heavier than my groaning.
• Psalms 42:7Deep calleth unto deep at the noise of thy waterspouts: all thy waves and thy billows are gone over me.
• Lamentations 3:1I am the man that hath seen affliction by the rod of his wrath.
• Jeremiah 8:18When I would comfort myself against sorrow, my heart is faint in me.
• Psalms 27:13I had fainted, unless I had believed to see the goodness of Yhwh in the land of the living.
• Psalms 77:3I remembered God, and was troubled: I complained, and my spirit was overwhelmed. Selah.
• Proverbs 24:10If thou faint in the day of adversity, thy strength is small.

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