The Geneva Bible Translation Notes [1599]: Jeremiah: Jere...
The Geneva Bible Translation Notes, [1599]
(a) Who was Jeremiah's disciple, and wrote his prophecies under him.
(b) Of which read (Jer 36:9-10).
Thou didst say, Woe is me now! for the LORD hath added grief to my sorrow; I (c) fainted in my sighing, and I find no rest.
(c) Baruch moved with an inconsiderate zeal for Jeremiah's imprisonment, but chiefly for the destruction of the people and the temple makes this lamentation, as in (Psa 6:6).
Thus shalt thou say to him, The LORD saith thus; Behold, [that] which I have built I will (d) break down, and that which I have planted I will pluck up, even this whole land.
(d) Meaning that God could destroy this people, because he had planted them.
And seekest (e) thou great things for thyself? seek [them] not: for, behold, I will bring evil upon all flesh, saith the LORD: but thy life will I give to thee for (f) a prize in all places where thou goest.
(e) "Do you think to have honour and credit?" in which he shows his infirmity.
(f) Read (Jer 21:9).