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, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
Baruch's complaint was that grief had been added to his sorrow until he was faint from sighing and could find no rest. His distress came from sharing in the hardships of Jeremiah's work at a time of calamity upon the people, when God's servants were called to sacrifice. The verse stands in that portion of Jeremiah which covers the history of the two years before Jerusalem fell. His heavy trials formed the setting for the warning given him not to seek great things for himself. The verse belongs to the record of Jeremiah's prophecies that shows the course and end of those who sought God's direction while already determined to follow their own plans.