Jeremiah 45:3

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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.

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I fainted

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Then Jacob, giving signs of grief, put on haircloth, and went on weeping for his son day after day.

And Jacob their father said to them, You have taken my children from me: Joseph is gone and Simeon is gone, and now you would take Benjamin away; all these things have come on me.

And Moses said to the Lord, Why have you done me this evil? and why have I not grace in your eyes, that you have put on me the care of all this people?

And Joshua said, O Lord God, why have you taken us over Jordan only to give us up into the hands of the Amorites for our destruction? If only it had been enough for us to keep on the other side of Jordan!

God gives me over to the power of sinners, sending me violently into the hands of evil-doers.

Even today my outcry is bitter; his hand is hard on my sorrow.

Deep is sounding to deep at the noise of your waterfalls; all your waves have gone rolling over me.

I am the man who has seen trouble by the rod of his wrath.

I fainted

Sorrow has come on me! my heart in me is feeble.

I had almost given up my hope of seeing the blessing of the Lord in the land of the living.

I will keep God in memory, with sounds of grief; my thoughts are troubled, and my spirit is overcome. (Selah.)

If you give way in the day of trouble, your strength is small.

From on high he has sent fire into my bones, and it has overcome them: his net is stretched out for my feet, I am turned back by him; he has made me waste and feeble all the day.

For this reason, because we have been made servants of this new order, through the mercy given to us, we are strong:

And let us not get tired of well-doing; for at the right time we will get in the grain, if we do not give way to weariness.

And you, my brothers, do not get tired of well-doing.

Give thought to him who has undergone so much of the hate of sinners against himself, so that you may not be tired and feeble of purpose.