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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And Jacob tore his clothes and put sackcloth on his loins and mourned for his son many days.

And Jacob their father said to them, "You have bereaved me--Joseph is no more and Simeon is no more, and Benjamin you would take! All of this [is] against me!

And Moses said to Yahweh, "Why have you brought trouble to your servant? Why have I not found favor in your eyes, that the burdens of all these people have been placed on me?

And Joshua said, "Ah, my Lord! Why did you bring this people across the Jordan to give us into the hand of the Amorites to destroy us? If only we had been content and stayed beyond the Jordan.

God delivers me to an evil one, and he casts me into the hands of [the] wicked.

"Even today my complaint [is] bitter; my hand is heavy in addition to my groaning.

Deep [is] calling to deep at the thunder of your waterfalls. All your breakers and your waves have passed over me.

I am a man who has seen misery, under the rod of his wrath.

I fainted

"My comfort [is gone] from me, sorrow [is] on me, my heart [is] sick.

Surely I believe [that I will] see the goodness of Yahweh in [the] land of [the] living.

I remember God and I groan loudly; I meditate and my spirit grows faint.

[If] you faint on the day of adversity, little [is] your strength.

From heaven he sent fire, into my bones he let it descend. He spread out a net for my feet; he turned me back, he gave me devastation, fainting all day.

Because of this, [since we] have this ministry, just as we have been shown mercy, we do not lose heart,

And let us not grow weary in doing good, for at the proper time we will reap, [if we] do not give up.

But [as for] you, brothers, do not be discouraged [while] doing what is right.

For consider the one who endured such hostility by sinners against himself, so that you will not grow weary in your souls [and] give up.