Jeremiah 10:24

10:24 Correct us, Lord, but only in due measure.

Do not punish us in anger or you will reduce us to nothing.

Jeremiah 25:37

25:37 Their peaceful dwelling places will be laid waste

by the fierce anger of the Lord.


tn Heb “with justice.”

tn The words, “to almost nothing” are not in the text. They are implicit from the general context and are supplied by almost all English versions.

tn For this meaning of the verb used here see HALOT 217 s.v. דָּמַם Nif. Elsewhere it refers to people dying (see, e.g., Jer 49:26; 50:30) hence some see a reference to “lifeless.”

tn Heb “because of the burning anger of the Lord.”