Wesley's Explanatory Notes
Jeremiah 45:3
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.
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.
Verse Jeremiah 45:3. _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_]...
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” Psalms 6...
CHAPTER 45 This is the shortest chapter and contains a special message to Baruch, the companion and secretary of the prophet Jeremiah. It must be noticed that this did not take place in Egypt, where n...
BARUCH. This prophecy concerning him is dated 604, when the first roll (these words) was written (Jeremiah 36:1 ff.). The implied reference to personal danger might be explained by Jeremiah 36:26, if...
_sorrow to my pain_ The "pain" was caused by the thought of his fellow-countrymen's sins and of the judgements impending on them; the "sorrow" by knowing what was in store for himself....
THE LORD HATH ADDED GRIEF— "The sorrows which I felt for the threatenings denounced against my country and religion are increased by my own troubles; being sought after by the king's commands, in orde...
III. A PERSONAL NOTE TO BARUCH Jeremiah 45:1-5 TRANSLATION (1) The word which Jeremiah the prophet spoke unto Baruch the son of Neriah when he wrote these words in a book from the mouth of Jeremiah i...
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. THOU DIDST SAY ... THE LORD HATH ADDED GRIEF TO MY SORROW. Jeremiah does not...
BARITCH'S APPENDIX TO THE ROLL OF JEREMIAH 36 Baruch, a man of social position (see Intro.), seems to have expected either important office in the state or more probably the gift of prophecy. On the...
SORROW] RV 'pain 'at the sins of his countrymen. The added 'grief was caused by the predictions of punishment.'...
XLV. (1) THE WORD THAT JEREMIAH THE PROPHET SPAKE UNTO BARUCH... — The chapter is obviously misplaced as far as chronological order is concerned. and ought to follow on Jeremiah 35, 36. It gives us a...
אָמַ֨רְתָּ֙ אֹֽוי ־נָ֣א לִ֔י כִּֽי ־יָסַ֧ף יְ
CHAPTER V BARUCH Jeremiah 45:1 "Thy life will I give unto thee for a prey."- Jeremiah 45:5 THE editors of the versions and of the Hebrew text of the Old Testament have assigned a separate chapter t...
The messages of Jeremiah to the chosen people practically ended with the last chapter. Before coming to his messages concerning the surrounding nations we have the brief story told in this chapter of...
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I (c) fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest. (c) Baruch moved with an inconsiderate zeal for Jeremiah's imprisonment, bu...
We had an account of this Baruch in the thirty sixth Chapter (Jeremiah 36:1) of this same prophecy; and here, in a short, but instructive manner, his history is again brought forward. It appears, that...
The prophecy is afterwards more clearly expressed, _Thus saith Jehovah of Baruch. _The Prophet sets on him and accosts him, in order that he might fill his mind with holy fear, in order to correct tha...
THE FOLLOWING COMMENTARY COVERS CHAPTER S 45 THROUGH 51. Chapter 45 gives us the prophecy with respect to Baruch, already mentioned. Chapter 46 and following Chapter s contain the prophecies against t...
THOU DIDST SAY, WOE IS ME NOW!.... What will become of me? I am ruined and undone; this he said in his heart, if not with his lips, perhaps both ways; and when the king gave orders for the apprehendin...
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. Ver. 3. _Thou didst say,_] _i.e., _ Thou didst think, like a poor pusillanimous...
_Thou didst say, Wo is me now_, &c. “The sorrows which I felt for the threatenings denounced against my country and religion are increased by my own troubles, being sought after by the king's command...
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! namely, on account of the hatred of his enemies, FOR THE LORD HATH ADDED GRIEF TO MY SORROW, that which he felt on account of the depravity of his people. I FAINTED IN M...
JEREMIAH COMFORTS BARUCH....
Upon Baruch's reading the prophecies after he had wrote them from the mouth of Jeremiah, both he and Jeremiah were sent for before the princes, and advised to hide themselves, as we read, JEREMIAH 36:...
Jeremiah 45:3 said H559 (H8804) Woe H188 LORD H3068 added H3254 (H8804) grief H3015 sorrow H4341 fainted...
YHWH'S ASSURANCE GIVEN TO THE FAITHFUL BARUCH IN THE DAYS OF JEHOIAKIM THAT HE WOULD BE WITH HIM, COME WHAT MAY, AND WOULD PRESERVE HIM TO THE END (JEREMIAH 45:1). This section of Jeremiah's work, whi...
CONTENTS: Message of Baruch in the days of Jehoiakim. CHARACTERS: God, Jeremiah, Baruch. CONCLUSION: God takes notice of the frets and discontents of His people and is displeased with them. To seek...
REFLECTIONS. We read in chap. 36, that Baruch the scribe, who was mentioned to the king as a character of known probity, wrote the substance of Jeremiah's prophecies against his country, and was deepl...
JEREMIAH—NOTE ON JEREMIAH 45:3 Baruch felt the effects of sharing Jeremiah’s ministry and persecution (Jeremiah 36:19;...
CRITICAL AND EXEGETICAL NOTES.—CHRONOLOGY OF THE CHAPTER.—Immediately upon his having written the roll which was afterwards read to, and destroyed by, Jehoiakim (_vide_ notes on chap. 36); eighteen ye...
PROMISE TO BARUCH. EXPOSITION JEREMIAH 45:1 THESE WORDS; _i.e._ the revelations which Baruch had committed (or was committing) to writing. JEREMIAH 45:3 Hath a
Now as we move into chapter 45, we are moving into the final part of Jeremiah's prophecies. This is known as the sixth part of the prophecies in which we have miscellaneous prophecies that are of... c...
2 Corinthians 4:1; 2 Corinthians 4:16; 2 Thessalonians 3:13; Galatians 6:9;...