Jeremiah 23:11

23:11 Moreover, ¹  the Lord says, ² 

“Both the prophets and priests are godless.

I have even found them doing evil in my temple!

Jeremiah 45:3

45:3 ‘You have said, “I feel so hopeless! ³  For the Lord has added sorrow to my suffering. ⁴  I am worn out from groaning. I can’t find any rest.”’”

¹ tn The particle כִּי (ki) which begins this verse is parallel to the one at the beginning of the preceding verse. However, the connection is too distant to render it “for.” “Moreover” is intended to draw the parallel. The words “the Lord says” (Heb “Oracle of the Lord”) have been drawn up to the front to introduce the shift in speaker from Jeremiah, who describes his agitated state, to God, who describes the sins of the prophets and priests and his consequent judgment on them.

² tn Heb “Oracle of the Lord.”

³ tn Heb “Woe to me!” See the translator’s note on 4:13 and 10:19 for the rendering of this term.

⁴ sn From the context it appears that Baruch was feeling sorry for himself (v. 5) as well as feeling anguish for the suffering that the nation would need to undergo according to the predictions of Jeremiah that he was writing down.