Jeremiah 45

Jeremiah 45:1

BAruch] The Prophets Scribe. Chap. 36. 4, 26.

when he had written these words] Not those next before mentioned; but those formerly by God appointed to be gathered together and written in one volume. Chap. 36. 4, 18.

Jeremiah 45:3

The LORD hath added griefe to my sorrow] Exercised me with grief upon grief. Psalms 69:27. Spoken by him in likelihood, in regard of further trouble, which he feared would befall him by occasion of that employment. See Chap. 36. 19, 26.

I fainted in my sighing] Psalms 6:6.

I find no rest] I Amos 1:3.

Jeremiah 45:4

that which I have built will I break down, &c.] God is minded, not to spare his own peculiar plantations; such as were Jerusalem and the Jewish State. Psal. 80. 8-15. Isai. 5. 6-8. & 37. 26.

this whole land] Whereof thou art but one, and one of the smallest and meanest, limme.

Jeremiah 45:5

seekest thou great things] Honour and credit; or a prosperous and peacealde estate; doest thou desire and require to stand and live quietly at thine ease, when all is going to wrack and ruine?

I will bring evill upon all flesh] Upon this whole Nation. vers. 4. Chap. 12. 12. Or upon all the nations in the world. Chap. 25. 15, 31. See Chap. 32. 27.

thy life will I give unto thee for a prey] Suffice thee it well may, that thou escapest with thy life. Heb. soul. See Chap. 21. 9. & 39. 18.

in all places whither thou goest] I will secure thee, whatsoever shall become of thee, and whithersoever thou shalt be hurried. Ezekiel 11:16.