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 tore his clothes, put on sackcloth, and mourned for his son many days.

Their father Jacob said to them, "You are making me childless! Joseph is gone. Simeon is gone. And now you want to take Benjamin! Everything is against me."

And Moses said to the Lord, "Why have you afflicted your servant? Why have I not found favor in your sight, that you lay the burden of this entire people on me?

Joshua prayed, "O, Master, Lord! Why did you bring these people across the Jordan to hand us over to the Amorites so they could destroy us?

God abandons me to evil men, and throws me into the hands of wicked men.

"Even today my complaint is still bitter; his hand is heavy despite my groaning.

One deep stream calls out to another at the sound of your waterfalls; all your billows and waves overwhelm me.

(Alef) I am the man who has experienced affliction from the rod of his wrath.

I fainted

Then I said, "There is no cure for my grief! I am sick at heart!

Where would I be if I did not believe I would experience the Lord's favor in the land of the living?

I said, "I will remember God while I groan; I will think about him while my strength leaves me." (Selah)

If you faint in the day of trouble, your strength is small!

(Mem) He sent down fire into my bones, and it overcame them. He spread out a trapper's net for my feet; he made me turn back. He has made me desolate; I am faint all day long.

Therefore, since we have this ministry, just as God has shown us mercy, we do not become discouraged.

So we must not grow weary in doing good, for in due time we will reap, if we do not give up.

But you, brothers and sisters, do not grow weary in doing what is right.

Think of him who endured such opposition against himself by sinners, so that you may not grow weary in your souls and give up.