1 tn Heb “oracle of the
2 tn Heb “I have set my face against this city for evil [i.e., disaster] and not for good [i.e., well-being].” For the use of the idiom “set one’s face against/toward” see, e.g., usage in 1 Kgs 2:15; 2 Kgs 2:17; Jer 42:15, 17 and note the interesting interplay of usage in Jer 44:11-12.
3 tn Heb “he will burn it with fire.”
4 tn Heb “But I will rescue you on that day” (referring to the same day mentioned in the preceding verse).
5 tn Heb “Oracle of the
6 sn Some commentators see this as a reference to the princes from whose clutches Ebed-Melech delivered Jeremiah (38:7-13). However, it is clear that in this context it refers to those that he would fear when the