16:9 So I weep along with Jazer 1
over the vines of Sibmah.
I will saturate you 2 with my tears, Heshbon and Elealeh,
for the conquering invaders shout triumphantly
over your fruit and crops. 3
22:4 So I say:
“Don’t look at me! 4
I am weeping bitterly.
Don’t try 5 to console me
concerning the destruction of my defenseless people.” 6
1:8 For this reason I 7 will mourn and wail;
I will walk around barefoot 8 and without my outer garments. 9
I will howl 10 like a wild dog, 11
and screech 12 like an owl. 13
1 tn Heb “So I weep with the weeping of Jazer.” Once more the speaker (the Lord? – see v. 10b) plays the role of a mourner (see 15:5).
2 tc The form אֲרַיָּוֶךְ (’arayyavekh) should be emended to אֲרַוָּיֶךְ (’aravvayekh; the vav [ו] and yod [י] have been accidentally transposed) from רָוָה (ravah, “be saturated”).
3 tn Heb “for over your fruit and over your harvest shouting has fallen.” The translation assumes that the shouting is that of the conqueror (Jer 51:14). Another possibility is that the shouting is that of the harvesters (see v. 10b, as well as Jer 25:30), in which case one might translate, “for the joyful shouting over the fruit and crops has fallen silent.”
4 tn Heb “look away from me” (so KJV, ASV, NRSV).
5 tn Heb “don’t hurry” (so NCV).
6 tn Heb “the daughter of my people.” “Daughter” is here used metaphorically to express the speaker’s emotional attachment to his people, as well as their vulnerability and weakness.
7 tn The prophet is probably the speaker here.
8 tn Or “stripped.” The precise meaning of this Hebrew word is unclear. It may refer to walking barefoot (see 2 Sam 15:30) or to partially stripping oneself (see Job 12:17-19).
9 tn Heb “naked.” This probably does not refer to complete nudity, but to stripping off one’s outer garments as an outward sign of the destitution felt by the mourner.
10 tn Heb “I will make lamentation.”
11 tn Or “a jackal”; CEV “howling wolves.”
12 tn Heb “[make] a mourning.”
13 tn Or perhaps “ostrich” (cf. ASV, NAB, NASB, NRSV, NLT).