Jeremiah 1:8

1:8 Do not be afraid of those to whom I send you, ¹  for I will be with you to protect ²  you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 1:19

1:19 They will attack you but they will not be able to overcome you, for I will be with you to rescue you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 4:12

4:12 No, ³  a wind too strong for that will come at my bidding.

Yes, even now I, myself, am calling down judgment on them.’ ⁴ 

Jeremiah 5:18

5:18 Yet even then ⁵  I will not completely destroy you,” says the Lord.

Jeremiah 15:14

15:14 I will make you serve your enemies ⁶  in a land that you know nothing about.

For my anger is like a fire that will burn against you.”

Jeremiah 21:5

21:5 In anger, in fury, and in wrath I myself will fight against you with my mighty power and great strength! ⁷ 

Jeremiah 31:14

31:14 I will provide the priests with abundant provisions. ⁸ 

My people will be filled to the full with the good things I provide.”

Jeremiah 38:5

38:5 King Zedekiah said to them, “Very well, you can do what you want with him. ⁹  For I cannot do anything to stop you.” ¹⁰ 

Jeremiah 52:32

52:32 He spoke kindly to him and gave him a more prestigious position than ¹¹  the other kings who were with him in Babylon.

¹ tn Heb “be afraid of them.” The antecedent is the “whomever” in v. 7.

² tn Heb “rescue.”

³ tn The word “No” is not in the text but is carried over from the connection with the preceding line “not for…”

⁴ tn Heb “will speak judgments against them.”

⁵ tn Heb “in those days.”

⁷ tc This reading follows the Greek and Syriac versions and several Hebrew mss. Other Hebrew mss read “I will cause the enemy to pass through a land.” The difference in the reading is between one Hebrew letter, a dalet (ד) and a resh (ר).

⁹ tn Heb “with outstretched hand and with strong arm.” These are, of course, figurative of God’s power and might. He does not literally have hands and arms.

¹¹ tn Heb “I will satiate the priests with fat.” However, the word translated “fat” refers literally to the fat ashes of the sacrifices (see Lev 1:16; 4:2 and cf. BDB 206 s.v. דֶּשֶׁן 2. The word is used more abstractly for “abundance” or “rich food” (see Job 36:16 and BDB 206 s.v. דֶּשֶׁן 1). The people and the priests were prohibited from eating the fat (Lev 7:23-24).

¹³ tn Heb “Behold, he is in your hands [= power/control].”

¹⁴ tn Heb “For the king cannot do a thing with/against you.” The personal pronoun “I” is substituted in the English translation due to differences in style; Hebrew style often uses the third person or the title in speaking of oneself but English rarely if ever does. Compare the common paraphrasis of “your servant” for “I” in Hebrew (cf. BDB 714 s.v. עֶבֶד 6 and usage in 1 Sam 20:7, 8) and compare the usage in Pss 63:11 (63:12 HT); 61:6 (61:7 HT) where the king is praying for himself. For the meaning of יָכֹל (yakhol) as “to be able to do anything,” see BDB 407 s.v. יָכֹל 1.g.

¹⁵ tn Heb “made his throne above the throne of