15:16 As your words came to me I drank them in, 1
and they filled my heart with joy and happiness
because I belong to you. 2
23:6 Under his rule 5 Judah will enjoy safety 6
and Israel will live in security. 7
This is the name he will go by:
‘The Lord has provided us with justice.’ 8
36:4 So Jeremiah summoned Baruch son of Neriah. Then Jeremiah dictated to Baruch everything the Lord had told him to say and Baruch wrote it all down in a scroll. 9
1 sn Heb “Your words were found and I ate them.” This along with Ezek 2:8–3:3 is a poetic picture of inspiration. The prophet accepted them, assimilated them, and made them such a part of himself that he spoke with complete assurance what he knew were God’s words.
2 tn Heb “Your name is called upon me.”
3 tn This phrase (Heb “Oracle of the
4 tn Heb “it will no longer be called to this place Topheth or the Valley of Ben Hinnom but the Valley of Slaughter.”
5 tn Heb “In his days [= during the time he rules].”
6 tn Parallelism and context (cf. v. 4) suggest this nuance for the word often translated “be saved.” For this nuance elsewhere see Ps 119:117; Prov 28:18 for the verb (יָשַׁע [yasha’] in the Niphal); and Ps 12:6; Job 5:4, 11 for the related noun (יֶשַׁע, yesha’).
7 sn It should be noted that this brief oracle of deliverance implies the reunification of Israel and Judah under the future Davidic ruler. Jeremiah has already spoken about this reunification earlier in 3:18 and will have more to say about it in 30:3; 31:27, 31. This same ideal was espoused in the prophecies of Hosea (1:10-11 [2:1-2 HT]), Isaiah (11:1-4, 10-12), and Ezekiel (37:15-28) all of which have messianic and eschatological significance.
8 tn Heb “his name will be called ‘The
7 tn Heb “Then Baruch wrote down on a scroll from the mouth of Jeremiah all the words of the