17:12 Then I said, 1
“Lord, from the very beginning
you have been seated on your glorious throne on high.
You are the place where we can find refuge.
51:53 Even if Babylon climbs high into the sky 2
and fortifies her elevated stronghold, 3
I will send destroyers against her,” 4
says the Lord. 5
25:30 “Then, Jeremiah, 6 make the following prophecy 7 against them:
‘Like a lion about to attack, 8 the Lord will roar from the heights of heaven;
from his holy dwelling on high he will roar loudly.
He will roar mightily against his land. 9
He will shout in triumph like those stomping juice from the grapes 10
against all those who live on the earth.
31:12 They will come and shout for joy on Mount Zion.
They will be radiant with joy 11 over the good things the Lord provides,
the grain, the fresh wine, the olive oil,
the young sheep and calves he has given to them.
They will be like a well-watered garden
and will not grow faint or weary any more.
49:16 The terror you inspire in others 12
and the arrogance of your heart have deceived you.
You may make your home in the clefts of the rocks;
you may occupy the highest places in the hills. 13
But even if you made your home where the eagles nest,
I would bring you down from there,”
says the Lord.
1 tn The words, “Then I said” are not in the text. They are supplied in the translation for clarity to show the shift in speaker.
2 tn Or “ascends [into] heaven.” Note the use of the phrase in Deut 30:12; 2 Kgs 2:11; and Amos 9:2.
3 tn Heb “and even if she fortifies her strong elevated place.”
4 tn Heb “from me destroyers will go against her.”
5 tn Heb “Oracle of the
3 tn The word “Jeremiah” is not in the text. It is supplied in the translation to make clear who is being addressed.
4 tn Heb “Prophesy against them all these words.”
5 tn The words “like a lion about to attack” are not in the text but are implicit in the metaphor. The explicit comparison of the
6 sn The word used here (Heb “his habitation”) refers to the land of Canaan which the
7 sn The metaphor shifts from God as a lion to God as a mighty warrior (Jer 20:11; Isa 42:13; Zeph 3:17) shouting in triumph over his foes. Within the metaphor is a simile where the warrior is compared to a person stomping on grapes to remove the juice from them in the making of wine. The figure will be invoked later in a battle scene where the sounds of joy in the grape harvest are replaced by the sounds of joy of the enemy soldiers (Jer 48:33). The picture is drawn in more gory detail in Isa 63:1-6.
4 tn Reading a Qal perfect from the root II נָהַר (nahar; so KBL 509 s.v. and HALOT 639 s.v.) rather than I נָהַר (so BDB 625 s.v.).
5 tn The meaning of this Hebrew word (תִּפְלֶצֶת, tifletset) is uncertain because it occurs only here. However, it is related to a verb root that refers to the shaking of the pillars (of the earth) in Job 9:6 and a noun (מִפְלֶצֶת, mifletset) that refers to “horror” or “shuddering” used in Job 21:6; Isa 21:4; Ezek 7:18; Ps 55:6. This is the nuance that is accepted by BDB, KBL, HAL and a majority of the modern English versions. The suffix is an objective genitive. The fact that the following verb is masculine singular suggests that the text here (הִשִּׁיא אֹתָךְ, hishi’ ’otakh) is in error for הִשִּׁיאָתָךְ (hishi’atakh; so G. L. Keown, P. J. Scalise, T. G. Smothers, Jeremiah 26-52 [WBC], 327, n. 16.a).
6 tn The Hebrew text of the first four lines reads: “Your terror [= the terror you inspire] has deceived you, [and] the arrogance of your heart, you who dwell in the clefts of the rock, who occupy the heights of the hill.” The sentence is broken up and restructured to better conform with English style.