Jeremiah 45:3

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 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 (cf. Jeremiah 36:17), as if he was a favourer of the Chaldeans and instigator of Jeremiah (Jeremiah 43:3); also ingratitude in speaking of his "grief," etc., whereas he ought to deem himself highly blessed in being employed by God to record Jeremiah's prophecies. ADDED - rescued from the peril of my first writing ...

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 that sinful fear, by which he was impeded in strenuously serving God. _Thou hast said, _the cause of the reproof is _expressed _—_thou hast said, Wo is to me now! for Jehovah has added sorrow to my grief _Barnch no doubt wished to withdraw from his office, as is the case with those who are too much pressed, when they find that they are unequal to their task; they seek hiding-places and become runagates. Such, then, was the feeling of Baruch when he said, _Wo is to me now! _It was highly honorable to be a scribe to a Prophet, for it was the same thing as though he received words from the mouth of an angel. It was then unworthy and disgraceful for the holy servant of God to complain of his own mi...

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_] 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 death at the instance of his nobles....

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 6:6....

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 ADDED GRIEF TO MY SORROW. Baruch felt "sorrow" or "pain" at the sinfulness of the people; "grief" or "anxiety" was added by Jeremiah's announcement of the judgment. I FAINTED IN MY SIGHING; rather, _I am weary with my sighing_;_ _comp. Psalms 6:7 (Authorized Version, 6). Jeremiah 45:

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 apprehending of him and the prophet, being provoked at the roll which he had wrote and read, Jeremiah 36:26; FOR THE LORD HATH ADDED GRIEF TO MY SORROW; caused him grief upon grief, sorrow upon sorrow, an abundance of it; for there was a variety of things which occasioned grief and sorrow; the trouble of his office, as secretary to the prophet; the reproach east upon him by the people for it; the grievous things contained in the prophecies he transcribed, concerning the ruin of his people and nation; the king's displeasure at the roll, and his burning it; to which was added the danger he was exposed unto for writing it; and especially, as he might apprehend, for writing it over agai

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 now the prophet and his friend sojourned, but it was in the fourth year of Jehoiakim. Baruch had just finished writing the words which Jeremiah dictated. It was no doubt a strenuous task, and when Baruch laid down his pen, the work having been finished, the Lord sent him a special message, showing that He had not forgotten the faithful scribe. He, too, was deeply exercised over the existing conditions; he shared the grief and sorrow of the prophet. But there must have been a measure of disappointment in Baruch's heart. Had he expected some special recognition? Was he seeking something for himself, expecting great things? Had he planned and was he lifted up with some high ambition? It would se...

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 the date were a year later, or by the troubles of 586, if we disregard Jeremiah 45:1_ b_. Probably this formed the (fitting) close of Baruch's biography of the prophet. Baruch has complained that to his pain (perhaps on account of the fortunes of his people) sorrow (concerning his personal future) is added. Yahweh asks whether _he_ can expect much when Yahweh has to be destroying His own work; yet Baruch's life shall be spared (J

_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 order to be put to death." See chap. Jeremiah 36:26....