Jeremiah 45:3
in Jeremiah 45You 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.’”
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ASV
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for Jehovah hath added sorrow to my pain; I am weary with my groaning, and I find no rest.
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.
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This verse in Jeremiah 45
Commentary
7 notes on this verseA commentator
Albert Barnes1798–1870
Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869)
Grief 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” Psa 6:6.
This site's exposition
This is the word that Jeremiah the prophet spoke to Baruch son of Neriah
on Jeremiah 45:1-3
This word is dated to “the fourth year of Jehoiakim,” when Baruch wrote the scroll of chapter 36. Baruch’s complaint is recorded: “Woe is me because the LORD has added sorrow to my pain!” It is set down as Jeremiah’s own complaints are in chapters 11 to 20.
The record, by era
The Puritans and the Awakening4 voices
I find no rest - Upon Baruch's reading the prophecies both he and Jeremiah were advised to hide themselves. This probably disturbed Baruch, and made him lament his condition.
The consternation that poor Baruch was in when he was sought for by the king's messengers and obliged to hide his head, and the notice which God took of it. He cried out, Woe is me now!
Thou didst say, woe is me now!.... What will become of me?
They do but run with the footmen, and it wearies them; they faint upon the very dawning of the day of adversity, and it is an evidence that their strength is small ( Prov. xxiv. 10 ), that their faith is weak, and that they are yet but babes, who cry for every hurt and every fright.
The Nineteenth Century1 voice
Thou 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 Jer 36:26, that the king had given commandment to take both Baruch and Jeremiah, in order that they might be put to death at the instance of his nobles.
How the passage was read
What the Jewish commentators add
On the verses either side of this one
and it is all the land that is being judged with this uprooting and tearing down.
This section is reception history: how the passage was read and kept in the Jewish tradition. Where a reading parts from an essential of the Christian faith, the section says so at that point.
Texts and citation data: Sefaria; each excerpt follows its version’s licence. 4 further sources are cited on this chapter that carry no English text this site may quote or only restate the verse.
The words behind it
15 Hebrew wordsEvery Hebrew word of this verse in the order it stands, with what it means and the door to its own study. The last column counts the times a word stands in the whole Bible: the rarer the word, the more the places it appears belong together.
| Hebrew | Sound | Meaning | Word study | In the Bible |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙ | ʾamarta | you said | H559 → | 5305 times |
| אֽוֹי־ | ʾo- | woe! | H188 → | 24 times |
| נָ֣א | na' | please | H4994 → | 404 times |
| לִ֔י | li | to <the> me | ||
| כִּֽי־ | ki- | for | H3588 → | 4482 times |
| יָסַ֧ף | yasaf | he has added | H3254 → | 212 times |
| יְהוָ֛ה | yahweh | Yahweh | H3068 → | 6520 times |
| יָג֖וֹן | yagon | sorrow | H3015 → | 14 times |
| עַל־ | ʾal- | to | H5921 → | 5755 times |
| מַכְאֹבִ֑י | makhovi | pain my | H4341 → | 16 times |
| יָגַ֙עְתִּי֙ | yaga'ti | I am weary | H3021 → | |
| בְּאַנְחָתִ֔י | beanchati | with groaning my | H585 → | |
| וּמְנוּחָ֖ה | umenuchah | and rest | H4496 → | |
| לֹ֥א | lo' | not | H3808 → | 5168 times |
| מָצָֽאתִי׃ ס | matzati | I have found | H4672 → | 455 times |
אָמַ֙רְתָּ֙you said
ʾamartaH559 →5305 times
אֽוֹי־woe!
ʾo-H188 →24 times
נָ֣אplease
na'H4994 →404 times
לִ֔יto <the> me
li
כִּֽי־for
ki-H3588 →4482 times
יָסַ֧ףhe has added
yasafH3254 →212 times
יְהוָ֛הYahweh
yahwehH3068 →6520 times
יָג֖וֹןsorrow
yagonH3015 →14 times
עַל־to
ʾal-H5921 →5755 times
מַכְאֹבִ֑יpain my
makhoviH4341 →16 times
יָגַ֙עְתִּי֙I am weary
yaga'tiH3021 →
בְּאַנְחָתִ֔יwith groaning my
beanchatiH585 →
וּמְנוּחָ֖הand rest
umenuchahH4496 →
לֹ֥אnot
lo'H3808 →5168 times
מָצָֽאתִי׃ סI have found
matzatiH4672 →455 times
A shaded row is a word that stands 400 times or fewer in the Bible.
The walk
8 stopsEach card is a verse this one points to, and under it the verses that one points to in turn. Where several paths arrive at the same place, that place is listed first: the text keeps returning to it.
Through
Galatians 6:9Let us not grow weary in well-doing, for in due time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.
it leads to
- 2 Thessalonians 3:13
But as for you, brothers, do not grow weary in well-doing.
Reached by 2 separate paths from here.
- 1 Corinthians 15:58
Therefore, my beloved brothers, be steadfast and immovable. Always excel in the work of the Lord, because you know that your labor in the Lord is not in vain.
- Isaiah 40:30–31
Even youths grow tired and weary, and young men stumble and fall.
- Hebrews 10:35–39
So do not throw away your confidence; it holds a great reward.
- Hebrews 12:3
Consider Him who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you will not grow weary and lose heart.
- 2 Thessalonians 3:13
Through
2 Corinthians 4:16Therefore we do not lose heart. Though our outer self is wasting away, yet our inner self is being renewed day by day.
it leads to
- Isaiah 40:31
But those who wait upon the LORD will renew their strength; they will mount up with wings like eagles; they will run and not grow weary, they will walk and not faint.
- Colossians 3:10
and have put on the new self, which is being renewed in knowledge in the image of its Creator.
- Isaiah 40:29
He gives power to the faint and increases the strength of the weak.
- Isaiah 40:31
Where this verse is studied
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About Jeremiah
This page draws on Adam Clarke, Commentary on the Bible; Albert Barnes, Notes, Explanatory and Practical, on the Old and New Testaments (1832-1869); Carl Friedrich Keil, The Prophecies of Jeremiah; John Gill, Exposition of the Old Testament (1748-1763); John Wesley, Explanatory Notes upon the Old Testament and Matthew Henry, Commentary on the Whole Bible.