Exodus 15:5

15:5 The depths have covered them, ¹ 

they went down to the bottom ²  like a stone.

Nehemiah 9:11

9:11 You split the sea before them, and they crossed through ³  the sea on dry ground! But you threw their pursuers ⁴  into the depths, like a stone into surging ⁵  waters.

Jeremiah 51:63-64

51:63 When you finish reading this scroll aloud, tie a stone to it and throw it into the middle of the Euphrates River. ⁶  51:64 Then say, ‘In the same way Babylon will sink and never rise again because of the judgments ⁷  I am ready to bring upon her; they will grow faint.’”

The prophecies of Jeremiah end here. ⁸ 

¹ tn The verb form is יְכַסְיֻמוּ (yÿkhasyumu) is the Piel preterite. Normally a vav (ו) consecutive is used with the preterite, but in some ancient poems the form without the vav appears, as is the case frequently in this poem. That such an archaic form is used should come as no surprise, because the word also uses the yod (י) of the root (GKC 214 §75.dd), and the archaic suffix form (GKC 258 §91.l). These all indicate the antiquity of the poem.

² tn The parasynonyms here are תְּהֹמֹת (tÿhomot, “deep, ocean depths, deep waters”) and מְצוֹלֹת (mÿtsolot, “the depths”); S. R. Driver says properly the “gurgling places” (Exodus, 134).

³ tn Heb “in the midst of.”

⁴ tn Heb “those who pursued them.”

⁵ tn Heb “mighty.”

⁶ tn The word “River” is not in the Hebrew text, but has been supplied for clarity.

⁷ tn Or “disaster”; or “calamity.”

⁸ sn The final chapter of the book of Jeremiah does not mention Jeremiah or record any of his prophecies.