3:1 In the eighteenth year of King Jehoshaphat’s reign over Judah, Ahab’s son Jehoram became king over Israel in Samaria; 3 he ruled for twelve years.
22:8 Hilkiah the high priest informed Shaphan the scribe, “I found the law scroll in the Lord’s temple.” Hilkiah gave the scroll to Shaphan and he read it.
22:1 Josiah was eight years old when he became king, and he reigned for thirty-one years in Jerusalem. 5 His mother 6 was Jedidah, daughter of Adaiah, from Bozkath.
25:14 The Lord’s loyal followers receive his guidance, 10
and he reveals his covenantal demands to them. 11
3:6 Acknowledge 12 him in all your ways, 13
and he will make your paths straight. 14
21:1 The Lord spoke to Jeremiah 15 when King Zedekiah 16 sent to him Pashhur son of Malkijah and the priest Zephaniah son of Maaseiah. 17 Zedekiah sent them to Jeremiah to ask, 18 21:2 “Please ask the Lord to come and help us, 19 because King Nebuchadnezzar 20 of Babylon is attacking us. Maybe the Lord will perform one of his miracles as in times past and make him stop attacking us and leave.” 21
20:1 In the seventh year, in the fifth month, on the tenth of the month, 28 some of the elders 29 of Israel came to seek 30 the Lord, and they sat down in front of me. 20:2 The word of the Lord came to me: 20:3 “Son of man, speak to the elders of Israel, and tell them: ‘This is what the sovereign Lord says: Are you coming to seek me? As surely as I live, I will not allow you to seek me, 31 declares the sovereign Lord.’
3:7 Certainly the sovereign Lord does nothing without first revealing his plan to his servants the prophets.
1 tn Heb “that we might inquire of the
2 tn Heb “who poured water on the hands of Elijah.” This refers to one of the typical tasks of a servant.
3 map For location see Map2-B1; Map4-D3; Map5-E2; Map6-A4; Map7-C1.
4 tn Heb “only the silver that is given into their hand should not be reckoned with them, for in faithfulness they are acting.”
5 map For location see Map5-B1; Map6-F3; Map7-E2; Map8-F2; Map10-B3; JP1-F4; JP2-F4; JP3-F4; JP4-F4.
6 tn Heb “the name of his mother.”
7 tn Heb “found.”
8 tn Or “brothers.”
9 tn Heb “for the peace of.”
10 tn Heb “the advice of the
11 tn Heb “and his covenant, to make them know.”
12 tn Heb “know him.” The verb יָדַע (yadah, “to know”) includes mental awareness of who God is and the consequential submission to his lordship. To know him is to obey him. The sage is calling for a life of trust and obedience in which the disciple sees the
13 tn The term דֶרֶךְ (derekh, “way”) is figurative (hypocatastasis: implied comparison) referring to a person’s course of life, actions and undertakings (Prov 2:8; 3:6, 23; 11:5; 20:24; 29:27; 31:3; BDB 203 s.v. 5; cf. TEV “in everything you do”; NCV, NLT “in all you do”). This is a call for total commitment in trust for obedience in all things.
14 tn The verb יָשָׁר (yashar) means “to make smooth; to make straight” (BDB 444 s.v.). This phrase means “to make the way free from obstacles,” that is, to make it successful (e.g., Isa 40:3). The straight, even road is the right road; God will make the way smooth for the believer.
15 tn Heb “The word which came to Jeremiah from the
16 sn Zedekiah was the last king of Judah. He ruled from 597
17 sn The Pashhur son of Malkijah referred to here is not the same as the Pashhur referred to in 20:1-6 who was the son of Immer. This Pashhur is referred to later in 38:1. The Zephaniah referred to here was the chief of security referred to later in Jer 29:25-26. He appears to have been favorably disposed toward Jeremiah.
18 tn Heb “sent to him…Maaseiah, saying,….”
19 tn The verb used here is often used of seeking information through a prophet (e.g., 2 Kgs 1:16; 8:8) and hence many translate “inquire of the
20 tn The dominant spelling of this name is actually Nebuchadrezzar which is closer to his Babylonian name Nebu kudduri uzzur. An alternate spelling which is found 6 times in the book of Jeremiah and 17 times elsewhere is Nebuchadnezzar which is the form of the name that is usually used in English versions.
21 tn Heb “Perhaps the
22 tn Heb “Then King Zedekiah sent and brought him and the king asked him privately [or more literally, in secret] and said.”
23 tn Heb “Then he said.”
24 sn Jeremiah’s answer even under duress was the same that he had given Zedekiah earlier. (See Jer 34:3 and see the study note on 34:1 for the relative timing of these two incidents.)
25 tn Heb “the stumbling block of their iniquity.” This phrase is unique to the prophet Ezekiel.
26 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to them.” The Hebrew word is used in a technical sense here of seeking an oracle from a prophet (2 Kgs 1:16; 3:11; 8:8).
27 tn Heb “in accordance with the multitude of his idols.”
28 sn The date would be August 14th, 591
29 tn Heb “men from the elders.”
30 tn See the note at 14:3.
31 tn Or “I will not reveal myself to you.”