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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So Jacob tore his clothes, dressed himself in sackcloth, and then mourned many days for his son.

Their father Jacob told them, "You're causing me to lose my children! Joseph is gone. Now Simeon is gone, and you're planning to take Benjamin, too. Everything's going against me!"

so he asked the LORD, "Why did you bring all this trouble to your servant? Why haven't I found favor in your eyes? After all, you're putting the burden of this entire people on me!

"Lord GOD," Joshua asked, "Why have you brought this people across the Jordan River? To hand us over to the Amorites so we'll be destroyed? Wouldn't it have been better for us to be content to settle on the other side of the Jordan?

God has delivered me over to the ungodly, throwing me into the control of the wicked.

"I'm still complaining bitterly today; my hand is heavy because of groaning.

Deep waters call out to what is deeper still; at the roar of your waterfalls all your breakers and your waves swirled over me.

I am a man familiar with affliction under the rod of God's anger.

I fainted

Incurable sorrow has overwhelmed me, my heart is sick within me.

I believe that I will see the LORD's goodness in the land of the living.

I remember God, and I groan; I meditate, while my spirit grows faint. Interlude

If you grow weary when times are troubled, your strength is limited.

He sent fire from on high, making it penetrate my bones. He stretched out a net at my feet, forcing me to turn back. He made me desolate; I'm fainting all day long.

Therefore, since we have this ministry through the mercy shown to us, we do not get discouraged.

Let's not get tired of doing what is good, for at the right time we will reap a harvest if we do not give up.

Brothers, do not get tired of doing what is right.

Think about the one who endured such hostility from sinners, so that you may not become tired and give up.